Help! Seeing Sparks on Intertherm blower unit
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:09 pm
Hi all...I have an issue with my Intertherm blower unit (model #E3EB-017H) The drain pan around the coils was backed up and water was running down onto the blower and the floor for a few days actually until we figured out the problem was a clogged drain pipe. I fixed it and am in the process of drying the area out...but there is a small assembly (best I can describe it is an oversized D battery with two wires coming off the top of it) on the side of the blower housing and ever since we took the cover off the housing and set a fan in front of it to try and dry the area out there has been intermittent sparking going on with those wires. Is this simply from the whole thing starting to dry out or do I have a bigger problem? I'm not wanting to turn the air completely off since it's quite humid outside but I don't want my house to burn down either.
EDIT...found a pic of blower assembly...part that is sparking is the run capacitor. Hope it helps
EDIT...found a pic of blower assembly...part that is sparking is the run capacitor. Hope it helps