Leaking air conditioner unit

Things to have checked ....Does the capaciter look like it has been leaking....(TXV ) thermal expansion valve....#1. Faulty compressor would be my guess ! " Hope this helps"

Sounds like it has no power getting to it at all. Dont forget that some circuit breakers have UP as ON and some have DOWN as ON. Do not just assume a common way is always the same. You may even have to have one UP and the other DOWN as on. Check what the switch or circuit breaker has written on it to be sure.
AIR CONDITIONERS run like a refrigerator, they manufacture their own Heat or Cool and blow air past the unit to give hot or cold air to cool or heat the Room. These do not require flowing water.
Sometimes people (wrongly) call EVAPORATIVE COOLERS air conditioners. (An evaporative cooler just blows AIR past flowing water to humidify the flowing air and therefore "cool" the area)
An evaporative cooler therefore would require running water and without flowing water, the unit may not start due to the installation of a "fail safe" switch. An evaporative cooler would generally have a large box mounted on your roof with open sides with filters which are kept moist by the running water and through which the fresh air is sucked and pumped into your home.
There are varying thoughts on both, I personally consider the REFRIGERATED style as the most effective type, but they are more expensive to install and run.

sounds like the unit needs to be elevated and leveled.

Have your ac man come and clean your coil on the unit.The smell may be trapped there.

sounds like there is a Freon leak and has been since it was installed and is going off on because of low charge, you will need to call a competent A/C repairer, more then likely the leak will be in the air handler, should cost under a $100 to fix. Good Luck Tim

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your unit shouldnt flood your yard .. now check your unit to see where your drain from your unit ( inside)is going .. if that is going outside where your unit is then there is where your water is coming from..

W1 and W2 are the differences from the single stage to the two stage. Im thinking its your thermostat is not programed for 1 heat / 1 cool. You probably had 2 heat / 1 cool before.

Sounds like compressor not running. may be a bad capacitor, could also be low on freon.

0204 built the second week of 2004 sound like you have a loose or burnt wire in the a-c and arcing when the unit comes on. turn the breaker off next time you fix an outlet