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Air conditioner tripping breaker
- williamnugent
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Air conditioner tripping breaker
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Re: Air conditioner tripping breaker
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Re: Air conditioner tripping breaker
Another item often overlooked is the actual breaker itself. Overtime these can become "weak". I had the identical problem on my Silverton and after much diagnosis, I replaced the breaker with an identical NEW breaker of the same size. Problem instantly solved.
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- williamnugent
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Re: Air conditioner tripping breaker
Still through the breaker in heating mode.
So far, the only electrical issue plaguing me is with this unit, though I'll check the lines coming into the boat. (I suppose I could try running it off the generator and see what happens).
I had it running on cooling mode for a while last night and it seemed to work.
Arrgh...
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Re: Air conditioner tripping breaker
williamnugent wrote:Source of the post....I checked and found that the AC unit in question was already set to reverse flow only, though I went ahead and reset the unit to factory defaults anyway....
The reversing valve failure would be the valve assembly itself, not a setting. This is an electrically operated valve in the refrigerant circuit/system that redirects the refrigerant depending on whether you want the unit to heat the room or cool it down. If the valve is stuck in the cooling position, the solenoid could be tripping the breaker in an attempt to move the stuck valve, or it could have a dead short that trips the breaker upon activation. The other possibilities mentioned above that would control that circuit also apply.
When you have it working on "cool", how long does it take to trip the breaker after you switch it to "heat"?
- williamnugent
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Re: Air conditioner tripping breaker
When it is heating, it does produce warm air.
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