It's acting like the furnace does when the limit switch gets tripped. Which has been happening more frequently and super sensitive to having a perfectly clean filter.
I can turn it off, wait a bit, turn it on and it'll cool for about an hour. But then the compressor eventually unloads confirmed with amprobe and continues to run the compressor fan.
I dont think the compressor failed.
I suspect it's a freezing/airflow issue at the evaporator. Makes sense that the heat has been troublesome and now AC as well. If the heat exchanger evaporator assembly is covered in dirt, it's gonna restrict airflow, cause overtemp conditions with heat and freezing with AC.
HVAC dude coming Monday. I dont really know how to get at the evaporator core. And I'm not interested in finding out. Basement is still comfortable. I gotta throw my window unit in the bathroom to dry out the drywall mud though.
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