Why does the outdoor AC fan stop while the compressor keeps running?

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   manually raising the thermostat temperature to stop the compressor
2. 2
   Checking the breaker panel
3. 3
   Checking connections in the ceiling junction box and the wall switch

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.