I have a Duo-Therm AC unit that cools fine and the blower seems to be working ok, but after about 10-15 min. it trips a breaker. Is there anything I can do or check? I this a sign of an AC unit that is dying? Where do I start?
Thanks
Barn Owl,
If the unit is atill cooling properly when it tripps the breaker, then I would replace the breaker first. The breakers are only good for a dozen or so
tripps before they are weakened. Then see if that still happens. If it does, then you will have either a fan motor going bad, or the compressor
going bad. Either one is not usually worth fixing.
Hope this helps
Nick-
You might check to see that the breaker is the proper size (I use 20A breakers on my A/C's) and the guage of the wire. If the guage of the wire is AWG12 or larger you're safe to use the 20A breaker. If the A/C was wired with AWG #14 ga. that could be causing your problem.
FWIW
NCbob