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Hey all. So, as a preface, I really don't have a bunch of car experience (I've replaced, you know, an alternator and a window motor before), nor do I really have, I think, any good electrical testing devices. I just wanted to throw something up here to see if there was anything I could do about this problem of mine that might be pretty straightforward. Anyway . . .

2000 Honda Civic EX coupe

My A/C went out yesterday. I thought that my refrigerant was probably low (since I had experienced some intermittant but infrequent events of non-cool air coming from the A/C in the last few weeks) and went by O'Reilly's to pick up a recharge. I got one with a gauge on it - went to check the level before starting the charge, and I couldn't get the cap on the Low pressure side - kept getting blown off after reading high pressure. After letting it sit overnight, I could get the gauge on all the way, and was reading a pressure level in the red (somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 psi).

I left the A/C on for a while and noticed that only one fan was coming on under the hood - the one on the passenger side, which I've gathered is the radiator fan. It would come on intermittantly along with a whirring sound that I'm guessing is the compressor - which I think is an object behind the condenser fan, and kind of low (is this correct?). So, radiator fan would come on with the compressor, but not the condenser fan.

I checked the condenser fan fuse (20 Amp) and it was blown. I bought some new fuses. Those blew, too - but for a minute after they were put in and I started up the A/C, the condenser fan would operate, then go off and not come back on - fuse blown again.

I bought a new condenser fan relay - still blown fuses, and no cold air. I'd appreciate any help if you have some. Thanks!