Don't take this the wrong way, but what kind of a stupid f*** doesn't check the breakers?
No offense.
None taken. Valid question.
There's three different breakers on this unit (one inside the home, two outside). I was under the impression that there were only two on the unit - the one inside labeled "AC", then a single compressor unit breaker outside. I have two different breaker boxes outside, and did not know the compressor alone had a separate breaker.
The fan on the compressor unit was spinning - just no cold air coming through inside. This fan breaker has at times flipped...I knew that breaker outside. I assumed that the compressor was on the same circuit. I lifted all breaker box covers and visually observed no breakers appeared tripped.
My home, the main indoor breaker box, everything is labeled. The large breaker box and small breaker box outside are not labeled. The small breaker box in question, I was under the impression it was for my heat tape (mobile home), my yard light, my shed, and outside outlets. The one I thought was for the heat tape was for the compressor.
I hadn't done a complete shutdown of everything in the house at the time (I was working from home), and my father was a maintenance electrician. One thing he had taught me was you just don't start flipping breakers unless you know everything is as shut down as possible. The repairman even said the breaker that needed resetting wasn't showing it needed to be reset.
It happens (apparently). And while I have done a lot of electrical work on my own with both 110, 220 and 12 volt auto, I have no experience whatsoever with AC units. And all things considered, I got a quick and dirty health check on the AC portion of my system in the end. The repairman basically told me "I'll give you your money's worth on this service call". No leaks, freon charge is enough for years, don't forget to clean out the fins yearly and cover it for the winter, etc.
