OK, I have a 7 year old Bryant heat pump that is not working. I did not use it much in the winter, and when Spring came, I tried to get it to cool, and nothing happened when I turned it on. The circuit breakers were not tripped, although I reset them anyway. The thermostat seems to be fine. When I call up the cool function or the electric heat function, both the outside unit and thermostat make a single click. The inside fan turns on. When I turn the cooling/electric heat function off, I hear another click at the outdoor unit and indoor thermostat. I do not hear any other sounds coming from it when it is "on", even after sticking my head down next to it. The outdoor unit itself looks very clean on the inside. I removed the fan and looked for anything visual that may be wrong and unplugged and cleaned the contacts on the wire that leads into the house. I am assuming that I may have a problem with the capacitor and/or motor from reading a few other similar threads here. Is this the case? How would you recommend proceeding, and where is the best place to get parts for these units? Thanks in advance for any help on this. I am pretty good at fixing a lot of other things, but am just learning about these heat pumps. Shoey

I have a split-system, the inside unit is working, the outside unit is not. The outside unit smells very hot. Any ideas? Thanks--