04-24-2025, 05:35 AM
As a retired HVAC contractor I think if the fan motors are slowing down the bushings are worn or they need oil, if you grab the shaft and you can feel any side to side movement in and out is ok the bushings are worn and motor has to be replaced, some motors have oil ports others you can take apart and saturate the felt pads around the bushings with electric motor oil, if you oil it with oil that has detergent in it, it will not run for long it will gum up (don't ask me how I know) As for the current going up to 60 I think your start relay is putting voltage to your start windings, Richard is a lot more familiar with those units than I am as I have only worked on 1. I would check to make sure all the connections are good, all spade connectors are tight, do not slide on with no effort you can squeeze them with side cutters to tighten them up. I think it would be easier to change the start relay than sit there watching a clamp on amp meter waiting for the unit to act up, if you went to a refrigeration wholesaler with the compressor model or the start relay they should be able to sell you a new one. You don't really need gauges to figure out if the unit is fully charged, if it is drawing close to FLA (full load amps) odds are it is fully charged, if you had a digital temp gauge, I like the ones that clamp on pipes you could check the pipe leaving the evaporator, If the evaporator is clean, the evaporator fan is working, the temp should be above freezing, varys with return air temp, if it is below freezing odds are you are under charged there are other things that can be wrong but usually it is under charged
John Kosir
712 2004 45-8