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  • ed308

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    I replaced the breaker on mine recently. Easy job. Even though I turn off the power the box, I stood on board and wore gloves while switching out the breaker. Fixed mine up. No more weekly trip of the breaker.
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    Dawico

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    The breaker tripped a couple times during the night so I went to Home Depot this AM and got a new breaker and managed to to get it installed without any trouble. It was still pretty cool and shady outside so I didn't have to spray everything with the hose (a$$ wipe)
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    I hope that does the trick. I'll be really pissed if I have to call the AC guy again.
    Cool. Hope it is fixed now.
     

    oldag

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    Very easy to do and no danger if you follow the steps.

    Turn off the main breaker to kill power to the panel.
    Remove panel cover.
    Loosen the 2 screws clamping the wires since the AC is 220.
    Snap out the breaker from the panel. (probably look at youtube)
    Pull wires out of old breaker and dispose of old breaker.
    Stick wires in new breaker or snap new breaker in place and then use needle nose pliers to put wires in new breaker.
    Tighten screws down to clamp said wires.
    Reinstall panel cover.
    Flip back on new breaker and main breaker.

    Enjoy AC in the summer time.

    First, only need to kill the breaker that goes to the a/c rather than the main breaker that cuts power to everything in the house.

    Also, left out a very important step.

    Before loosening the two screws or touching anything after removing the panel:
    Test your voltmeter on a live circuit (e.g, a 110 V outlet not on the same circuit as the a/c) to make sure it works.
    Then check the wires to the circuit breaker to make sure no voltage present.
    Go back to the live circuit and verity your voltmeter is still working.

    Then proceed with removing the old breaker.
     

    jrbfishn

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    A: when did the problem start?
    B: if that "pv feed-ac disconnect is where the breaker is, they may have run both through the breaker. Which means that breaker may be trying to feed the whole house. Too much draw. Not good.

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    DubiousDan

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    A: when did the problem start?
    B: if that "pv feed-ac disconnect is where the breaker is, they may have run both through the breaker. Which means that breaker may be trying to feed the whole house. Too much draw. Not good.

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    a. started Thursday night
    b. the breaker is for the ac only. looks like the solar guys added another breaker in the main panel
     

    DubiousDan

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    So anyway the guy came by and checked things and said something like the compressor is in lockup mode or something like that and when it starts up it my pull as much as 50A. So he says we need to replace the compressor or the whole outside unit. It is about 10 yrs old.
     

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    So anyway the guy came by and checked things and said something like the compressor is in lockup mode or something like that and when it starts up it my pull as much as 50A. So he says we need to replace the compressor or the whole outside unit. It is about 10 yrs old.

    Just pop a 75A breaker in that puppy, problem solved....
     

    jrbfishn

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    a. started Thursday night
    b. the breaker is for the ac only. looks like the solar guys added another breaker in the main panel
    Well that is good.
    So anyway the guy came by and checked things and said something like the compressor is in lockup mode or something like that and when it starts up it my pull as much as 50A. So he says we need to replace the compressor or the whole outside unit. It is about 10 yrs old.
    That would tend to do it. Just lousy timing.

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    Dawico

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    So anyway the guy came by and checked things and said something like the compressor is in lockup mode or something like that and when it starts up it my pull as much as 50A. So he says we need to replace the compressor or the whole outside unit. It is about 10 yrs old.
    The same guy/ company that said it was fine before?
     

    karlac

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    It may show itself with fire.

    Breakers and fuses should always be the weak link of the system, not the wire or other componants.

    Yep, circuit breakers and fuses are there for one reason, and one reason only ... to protect the wiring. Attached equipment should have it's own thermal overload protection

    Exceed the breaker/fuse amp rating for a specific AWG in the wall, and you can only hope your fire insurance is paid up ... and the insurance company not paying attention ... paying being the operative word.
     

    smittyb

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    It was mentioned before, but could very well be caused by a bad or weak start capacitor.
    Before you pay someone to replace a 10 year old unit, you need to find out:
    Does the unit currently have a "hard start capacitor" or "hard start kit" installed
    If so, what is the capacitance reading of the capacitor? Should be within 10% of nameplate value
    If not, never call that AC company again, tell everyone you know not to call them, and promptly call someone else.
     

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    First, only need to kill the breaker that goes to the a/c rather than the main breaker that cuts power to everything in the house.

    Also, left out a very important step.

    Before loosening the two screws or touching anything after removing the panel:
    Test your voltmeter on a live circuit (e.g, a 110 V outlet not on the same circuit as the a/c) to make sure it works.
    Then check the wires to the circuit breaker to make sure no voltage present.
    Go back to the live circuit and verity your voltmeter is still working.

    Then proceed with removing the old breaker.

    Good point about the volt meter, you're right. The reason I said kill the main breaker is that I've seen some accidentally grab the end and touching the screws when trying to pull out the old breaker or push the new one in.


    The same guy/ company that said it was fine before?

    That's what I was wondering.
     
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