I did not have time to look at it yesterday but I will be today.
I dropped my car off at a local shop to get the ac charged sunday. Well First step he sucked the system down and charged it back up. First problem he noticed the hi side valve was leaking (explains fading ac). Sucked it back down replaced valve charged back up. Turned it on all seemed fine. Then he noticed a growling sound from the compressor then a puff of smoke. Now the compressor does not turn on at all.

First thought growling = fried bearing or clutch but there is no continuous rotational noise that I would expect from either.

Second when I went to pick the car up there is an obvious electrical smell. So im thinking there was a short at the plug which I will look at later today. If this is the case is it possible the compressor is not fried.

My problem with #2 is I have been running the cars a/c for two months it is some coincidence that it shorted right after the system was repaired and fully charged.

(The events that took place are exactly what I was told it would help a lot if I was around when this happened)

 

Sorry I just realized I put this in the cl section. I just move it to the second gen tl section. Not to sure how that happened