Those aren't supposed to be round on top.

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[–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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    Then it certainly shouldn't have failed yet so either high cycle rate or high draw.

    Clean both coils and keep watch on how often it runs and how long it stays running for a couple weeks. Also if you still have a analog bimetallic thermostat those can fail and cause rapid cycling and if the compressor isn't smart enough to delay they can cycle themselves to death.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago

    keep watch on how often it runs and how long it stays running for a couple weeks. Also if you still have a analog bimetallic thermostat those can

    It's on an ecobee which appears to be behaving, pulling data from homeassistant on emporia power, it seems to be pretty chill.

    she's 1.5 ton pulling 1300 watts while running which actually seems low to me.

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