Despite my finding this discussion late, I see we haven't passed another
Sunday yet.  My two cents has to do with the overload switch.  That switch
should operate if you stall the compressor. Note that things may have
changed since 1970 :)  We had a number of window units back then.  If you
stopped and restarted them without waiting, they would draw lots of current
until the overload switch opened.  Then there'd be a half-minute wait or so
before it tried again.

Modern thermostats, for sure, use their little 8-bit brains to prevent this
kind of abuse, so to do the test, you may have to operate some switches
manually (meaning, clip-leads).  Then, you can find out: Does the overload
switch work?  How long does it take to reset?  This is also a good way to
heat the compressor up.  At worst, you might push the poor thing over the
edge and break it completely.

Then, it's warranty work  >:-)
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