[ccjohnson]

Here is an update: I thought I should just take it Miami!! AC guy showed up with a motor with too small of a shaft & a wimply fan that was too large dia. He wanted to cut sheet metal to make it fit. I said NO. He got in touch with Chuck at Newell & was ble to get the correct replacement. After installing it on a Friday finishing up in a down pour, things ran good. We went to lunch with my brother and his wife. When we got back, breaker was tripped again. Re-started and was same as before, run for a while & trip breaker. Called AC guy he said he would look at it next week when we got back from El Paso. Upon inspection, the brand new motor from Grainger was bad and had to be replaced the next day. Motor started good but compressor would not start. AC guy read windings on compressor & said it was probably bad. Got a new on over-nighted from Newell. He did the install the next day. During install, he burned a hole in the small discharge line when sweating old filter off. I pointed this out and was told "no problem, I'll patch over it when I braze the new filter on". From my vantage point, it appeared that a significant amount of brass got on the inside of the line while he was patching the hole. I pointed this out but was told "don't worry, I purge the lines with nitrogen to make sure everything is clear". After putting it all together & testing, the new compressor would not start. The AC guy checked the control box under the dinette and found a blown capacitor. Had to wait until morning to get a replacement. Not exact replacement, but very close spec wise. Put it in added refrigerant and everything started & ran. Only problem, VERY high head pressure after just a short time. No cold air on inside. Also he said pressures on low side were also high. recovered some refrigerant & tried to re charge slowly watching amp draw at the same time. Amps +/- 10. Still no luck. He threw his hands in the air and surrendered. In his defense, he did say" I'm not going to lie to you, by not finding the capacitor first, I may have caused you to spend a lot more than you need to". I had gotten him a print out of parts list & diagram from Dometic. They said no parts are available, but were good enough to e-mail me the schematics with a "Good luck". Now planning a trip to Newell on 16th like I probably should have done to start with. Seems no one knows these coaches like the factory. Any thoughts or ideas?