Condenser fan not turning off after replacing contactor

I have a Goodman unit. I replaced the contactor that was one pole with a two pole. The fan does not stop even when the Tstat is off. I removed and installed wire by wire. When it came to the two thick wire coming from the inside of the unit which requires to be held by the two large screws I just followed the old connection. I do not know if these two wire are connected correctly and they are both black. Would this be the cause if they are reversed. I am not a know how and am scared to reverse the wires thinking it might cause damage to something else. I have a digital volt meter and do not know how to use it except for AA, 9V, AAA. Can you please advise with instructions. Thanks

 

I don't think I have ever seen an outside residential condensing unit on a typical split system that wasn't 240 volt, are you sure the old contactor was just a 1 pole? Can you provide some pictures of the wiring and the data tag on the condensing unit? It's possible you have a bad contactor, but I am thinking it's probably wired wrong or is the wrong contactor. What is coil voltage of the new contactor and the old contactor?

 

Welcome to the forums.

The contactors look almost identical. There is a place for the two line connections, a place for the two load connections and a place for the two 24vac connections.

The difference is with the single contact type there is a shorting bar in place of the second set of contacts.



The above is just used for reference and is not the exact Goodman contactor.

You most likely put a wire in the wrong place. If you can take a pic or two of the contactor and post them here we can help you out.

http://www.doityourself.com/forum/el...-pictures.html

 

I am having trouble sending the pictures. On one message it says file to large. This one shows only numbers??? unfortunately The large files show how it is wired and old contactor.

 

I sent you a private message regarding the pictures.

 

I sent the pics as requested. Did u get them?

 

These are the pics. I checked the old contactor and it is a 1 pole.. The contactor element broke off. Any advise will help

 

I did indeed receive your pics and was just ready to post them but I see you did pretty good yourself. Those are some LARGE pictures you sent which I'll use here to help you.

Ok... in the pic below I highlighted two wires in the red circles. Those appear to be the line (feed) wires coming in. Those should be on the L side of the contractor or on one side of the contactor with all the rest of the wires on the other side. It also looks like you have a lone brown/white on one side of the contactor..... that should be moved to where the black is connected.

So basically move your two incoming line wires to the bottom and move the brown/white wire to the top.

Can you post the model number of the outside A/C unit..... I need to see if there is a crankcase heater which would would go on the same side as the incoming lines.

 

The brown/white and brown go into the capacitor and does not come out. I do not know the model number since it has faded off the plate. Am I safe to just move the circled wire to the bottom left so one is on top and other is in the bottom.

 

No... both line wires need to be on one side.

I'm a little lost... you say the brown/white does not come out of the contactor ?

Didn't you put it in the bottom of the new contactor ?

 

here is a pic of the old installed contactor.. This is the only one I have. Hope it sheds some light.

 

no they feed directly into the capacitor. They both cone from inside the condenser. I believe from the fan motor.

 

In the pic....the wire I'm questioning(painted yellow) looks to be going into the bottom left terminal of the new contactor. Is that correct ? If yes.... why can't you move it to the top lug ?

 

Good news! It's working. I moved the two lead wires to the bottom and it is cutting off when the Tstat reaches its temp. I want to thanks you a lot, cudos to you, you made me think beyond and it helped. Thanks so much. I'm here to help you in whatever you may need. Keep in touch.

 

Awesome job man