York/Honeywell central air stopped blowing

[Stg-Flame]

Asking here because I won't be able to get a service tech to my house until next week and I start my next two week hitch next Monday. This means I have to reschedule to three weeks from now and since I live in the desert, I can't have my animals left in my home with no AC as it easily reaches the high 90s and low 100s with the windows open.

So, I have a York central air unit connected with a Honeywell thermostat which was working perfectly fine this morning. My AC was set to 69 like always and when I left the house this morning the fan was still blowing but when I came back home a few hours later, it was already 82 in my house and the fan was no longer blowing, yet the outdoor AC unit was still operating. I've tried all the troubleshooting tips I could find aside from checking the breakers (new house, can't find the breaker) but when I set the temperature lower than the indoor listed temp, the outdoor AC unit kicks on, but no air can be felt blowing.

Does anyone have any ideas? It's not a clogged filter as I've completely removed the filter and it still won't blow and I don't see any ice anywhere inside the indoor unit, so it doesn't appear to have frozen on me.

 

[snoopy7548]

Sounds like the blower fan in your furnace isn't working. Not really well-versed in this stuff, but this is what I would look at:

-Proper wiring connections in thermostat
-Check that the furnace is plugged in and on (check the breaker)
-When the thermostat kicks on, go down and see if you can hear any noise from the furnace. Maybe it's getting power but the blower fan is jammed.

Also, if you need it fixed ASAP... one suggestion I had here when I posted about my central AC issue was to check Craigslist for a local tech (refrigeration license preferred). That was an excellent tip, and I found an extremely competent and honest independent tech who was able to stop by within a day. Heads and shoulders above any of the HVAC companies I tried to get out to my house.

 

[ISAslot]

Could be the starter capacitor for the blower motor.
If you spin the blower then start the fan that may give it enough momentum to start itself. Also, if you have it on, but it's not starting, the motor should be getting warm, you may smell a cooked electronics smell near it.

 

[NutBucket]

Yep, if it's not ancient the starter cap is a good bet. Just be careful as there is live AC (probably 220V) present.

 

[Stg-Flame]

Ok, so I checked the breakers and they are fine and the first thing I checked was the wiring to see if anything had come undone. This is an older unit but it sits untouched so the likelyhood of something getting in there and disconnecting/damaging the wires is almost non-existent, so my only other conclusion is that the fan blower/motor is seized/bad/broken/etc.

Thanks for the craigslist tip, I'll definitely check that out. I'm going to call around today and see if there isn't someone who can come check it out before the weekend.

 

[bbhaag]

Could be the starter capacitor for the blower motor.
If you spin the blower then start the fan that may give it enough momentum to start itself. Also, if you have it on, but it's not starting, the motor should be getting warm, you may smell a cooked electronics smell near it.

Yep my bet is either the motor for the blower seized up or the capacitor went bad. I actually had this happen over the winter to my hvac. The electric motor on the blower went bad and seized so I had to replace it. It wasn't to bad of a diy job to be honest. Grainger had a direct replacement motor for $140 and while I had it torn apart I replaced the capacitor which was around $5.