Cool. Hope it is fixed now.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)
I hope that does the trick. I'll be really pissed if I have to call the AC guy again.
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.
Nope, breaker still tripping. I'm waiting for them to come back.Cool. Hope it is fixed now.
a. started Thursday nightA: 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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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 definitely make the real problem rear its ugly head. Sooner or later.Just pop a 75A breaker in that puppy, problem solved....
Well that is good.a. started Thursday night
b. the breaker is for the ac only. looks like the solar guys added another breaker in the main panel
That would tend to do it. Just lousy timing.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.
It may show itself with fire.That would definitely make the real problem rear its ugly head. Sooner or later.
The same guy/ company that said it was fine before?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.
It may show itself with fire.
Breakers and fuses should always be the weak link of the system, not the wire or other componants.
It may show itself with fire.
Breakers and fuses should always be the weak link of the system, not the wire or other componants.
I figured that.That was exactly what i meant.
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.
The same guy/ company that said it was fine before?
Same company, different guy.The same guy/ company that said it was fine before?