My Thermostat is not on and my air doesn't work - An A/C Troubleshooting Video

AmeriTech Air Conditioning and Heating details a common problem when your A/C system isn't blowing cold air. This video will not help if your thermostat is on.

[@ryanpalmer5728]

Holy cow, you guys just made me look like a genius to my family. Thank you so much!!! The AC just stopped blowing cold tonight at our house. After hours with a multimeter, I was convinced my contactor was bad or the thermostat, as I had 24v to the thermostat, but no 24v at the contactor. I could however, press the button on the contactor and the compressor would kick on. So, I decided there was something between the thermostat and the compressor. Not knowing I even had an ez-trap device on my furnace, I found your video and VOILA! Gummed up ez-trap that I cleaned and the compressor came right on!

[@Ameritechfl]

Thank you for the kind words! We love this!

[@leonardoocasio11]

@@Ameritechfl Thank You, I just fixed my AC my thermostat was off. I took it out to see if it had bad batteries. Mine does not have batteries (honeywell thermostat th8321wf) so I was just like ???? Ok let's look at KZbin. And for my surprise I saw your video. I had water on the line immediately knew I was on the right path. So picked my best flashlight its 9:00 pm when I started, took all the yuck out poured vinegar waited 30 min. It's mosquito time so had to rush it. Poured some water vacuumed a little more. And done 10:40 pm. I'm tomorrow I'll do it again and make sure no gunk is coming out. Thank You. Just in case you want to help more, What do you recommend to keep the drain clean? Other than regular filter change?

[@PinChE_LoCo]

🤣😇😊 bro it's what we do. Family will always look to you as a leader. And learning shit we know nothing about and playing the part is a must. Keep learning. And if you don't know, give a quick simple open respond. I'll get it done, I'll figure it out and then ask friends . Don't let your family down.

[@MsPatty-du1dr]

Best video of troubleshooting when your thermostat turns off, is blanked. Thank you so much!!!

[@stellalviolet]

Oh my goodness I’m at my cousins house it’s 115 out in Arizona and the air-conditioning didn’t work they have solar panels I called the solar people I called the electric people I did everything until I saw your video I lifted up the switch Switched my finger around something must’ve been stuck and it turned on immediately thank you so very much you saved that year thank you so much

[@kenjohn1217]

Very well done! Thank you!

[@nestorroman2694]

Thank you so much for posting. Excellent information 👍! Same exact system and problem. I used bleach.

[@savvyguy1353]

Awesome stuff! Thanks for posting!

[@FloridaRobTreasureHunting]

Good tips.

[@rosannasmom1]

Thank you so much for clear and simple instructions! This happened to me while my husband was at work and I had to fix the AC myself.

[@mandyc3738]

Thanks for this video! This fix worked perfectly, and we saved a lot of money by doing it ourselves!

[@Kattalyst1]

Great video. Fixed my AC in Hawaii!

[@emicat772]

Great video! Thank you for posting

[@cedpopeful]

Thanks for the video you saved me a lot of 💰. Great video step by step and it worked. 👍👍

[@jsnprs21]

Thank you so much! Very helpful! Probably saved me $hundreds $

[@mb2298z]

Thank you. It solved my problem.

[@ardreajones4571]

Thanks my A/C came right on.

[@jffrywad]

thanks this was perfect for what was happening to my unit.

[@jeremyhaynes3232]

Saved me who knows how much! Thanks for the video. It worked

[@Hernel2024]

It worked !!! Thank you

[@sehrishladhani92]

So helpful!!

[@samuelsoto5371]

Trane thermostat blank screen. Thankyou so much problem solved with in 5 minutes, once again thanks

[@rebeccas67]

Thank you so Much! Life saver!

[@joemc111]

Nice video, if your A/C guy did a nice install then you have what is showed in the video. The only other thing I do is I let the vacuum run and dump more vinegar in both open places then dump a gallon or so of water in to flush the drain out. I live in 34698 so my A/C runs 9 or 10 months.

[@jac2586]

oh there is a god. thank you so much for doing this video. I was literally dying in this heat. solved all of my problems. Thank you!!!!

[@youtubewatcher9535]

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[@djh076]

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[@charithakarunaratne407]

So you are pouring that vinegar to the tube with the p-trap, correct ?

[@carefulconsumer8682]

My PVC pipe does not have a cap on it.

[@Xx_eeveemocha_xX]

Hi.. I went to Hvac didn’t see anything that with the string :( what can I do now

[@MD-cd7em]

GOOD VIDEO

[@manuelmunoz4875]

Thanks 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@ChozCunningham]

Thanks! 75$ call $50 labor $25 part - saved!

[@chadholness3101]

this fixed my issue and saved me a lot of money, thank you for the video! A++++

[@toddh6234]

Is it common to see drain lines installed like that? It seems like that is the cause of the problem. How is the water suppose to drain out? Seems like a lot of water would have to settle in the line before draining if the line is installed underground, then protrudes up, then hits two elbow joints?

[@user-ge6ce2lu1v]

That is called a P-trap snd basically thst helps prevent negative pressure from building inside the evaporative coil, which in case it does not exist, it will keep pulling that water in. Usually p-traps installed right out of the main drain hole at the evaporator.

[@King_Eli_]

Does removing the cap and leaving it off affect the cooling at all my ac unit keep cutting off and all the maintenance did was take the cap off and left it off

[@palmsofdestin1]

Yeah you need to get that line cleared out. You can't just run the AC with the safety switch pulled out forever

[@SpencerJMusic]

Ok what if there’s a pipe blocking the top of this switch and I can’t remove it? 😡

[@amerphartriple7320]

I don't understand the emphasis of "if your thermostat is not on." Does this mean if the thermostat is working correctly and there's air coming out that this drain line unclogging method will be ineffective at clearing out a clog? Why can't someone have a working a/c AND a clog, as in someone has a leak due to a clog?

[@Basnican]

My drainline goes down the crawlspace which i dont have access to 😭

[@joelvis3846]

Yessss let the cold air flowwwww

[@seanpalmer2050]

No cap. No safety switch. Replaced the breaker. Still dead.

[@kevingronemeier6954]

NO, DONT POUR ANYTHING IN YOUR DRAIN, hell No! Just vacuum the line from outside

[@SteadyStreamACpump]

No need to manually clear an AC drain line ever again!

[@jerrylockhart3069]

Vinegar will not dissolve anything lol😂 this works maybe 10 out of 100 times best vacuum and hope that works.❤😮😅

[@jerrylockhart3069]

Thank the aluminum coil manufacturers❤😂😢😮😅🥵😰