Originally Posted by Mike59
I had to replace a run capacitor and a fan motor on me and my brothers central air unit a week ago. besides cleaning your condenser coil on the unit outside,,, go to your air handling closet and take the panel off that hides you evaporator coil … they can be filthy too. I've seen evaporator coils dirtier than outside condenser coils. a shop vac can handle this chore


Would this panel be above the drip pan most likely? Our unit is so old I'm not sure what a lot of it is, honestly.

Thanks for the suggestions. Inspecting the outside unit this morning it's a lot dirtier than I believed and I will clean it up as best I can to see if that helps. Thanks so much, everyone!