Hey Susan, thanks for the reply. I understand the correct answer and why. I’m just trying to pay devils advocate, because the question doesn’t specify what you just did. No where in that wording does it specify that you are removing the terminal from the heat element end. In the field this may be obvious as typically the heat element connection is much easier to get at than the motor/centrifugal switch end, which is also usually part of the motor connector plug, but in the question it is not obvious, and if you remove the wire from the centrifugal switch end mentally while looking at the schematic provided, you will arrive at a different answer as the L1 side will be the “disconnected wire” which has 120v, indicating no issues in the control circuit. Maybe the question was intentionally designed that way, but if not it could be clearer.
