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Posted by Ron in NY on February 17, 2007, 12:11 pm
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>I live in Dallas and the weather has been very nice until today. Today I
>decided to use the central A/C, the unit ran without incident for maybe 20
>minutes than the circuit breaker tripped. I reset the breaker and 10 minutes
>later again the circuit breaker tripped (The a/c was cold before the breaker
>tripped and returned cold after I flipped the breaker). What is going on
>here?
>I believe I have a heat pump unit (you know the one that gets cold but not
>as cold as someone with a regular unit). Thanks in advance.
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My mom lived in a condo before her death. The second year that she lived there,
the central A/C unit would pop the breaker 2 or 3 times a day. I would have to
go over there and reset it for her. The A/C was freezing cold, and I saw no
reason for the breaker tripping. It followed no pattern--sometimes it would run
for 10 minutes and trip, and other times a few hours. I finally got fed up of
going over there multiple times a day, and got another double pole 30 amp
breaker, and installed it--problem solved--it never tripped again--some breakers
do get weak. Try a new breaker.
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Remove the ZZZ from my E-mail address to send me E-mail.
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Posted by mm on February 17, 2007, 1:59 pm
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:11:12 GMT, solidgoldZZZ@optonline.net (Ron in
NY) wrote:
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>>I live in Dallas and the weather has been very nice until today. Today I
>>decided to use the central A/C, the unit ran without incident for maybe 20
>>minutes than the circuit breaker tripped. I reset the breaker and 10 minutes
>>later again the circuit breaker tripped
That's because IT'S WINTER. You should have saved the cold from last
month and used it now. They make insulated containers for this.
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>>(The a/c was cold before the breaker
>>tripped and returned cold after I flipped the breaker). What is going on
>>here?
>>I believe I have a heat pump unit (you know the one that gets cold but not
>>as cold as someone with a regular unit). Thanks in advance.
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>My mom lived in a condo before her death. The second year that she lived there,
>the central A/C unit would pop the breaker 2 or 3 times a day. I would have to
>go over there and reset it for her. The A/C was freezing cold, and I saw no
I would have gotten a big stick, so you could flip the breaker from
your house.
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>reason for the breaker tripping. It followed no pattern--sometimes it would run
>for 10 minutes and trip, and other times a few hours. I finally got fed up of
>going over there multiple times a day, and got another double pole 30 amp
>breaker, and installed it--problem solved--it never tripped again--some breakers
>do get weak. Try a new breaker.
>========================================================
>Remove the ZZZ from my E-mail address to send me E-mail.
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Posted by Abe on May 11, 2007, 8:53 am
>>>I live in Dallas and the weather has been very nice until today. Today I
>>>decided to use the central A/C, the unit ran without incident for maybe 20
>>>minutes than the circuit breaker tripped. I reset the breaker and 10 minutes
>>>later again the circuit breaker tripped
>That's because IT'S WINTER. You should have saved the cold from last
>month and used it now. They make insulated containers for this.
>>My mom lived in a condo before her death. The second year that she lived there,
>>the central A/C unit would pop the breaker 2 or 3 times a day. I would have to
>>go over there and reset it for her. The A/C was freezing cold, and I saw no
>I would have gotten a big stick, so you could flip the breaker from
>your house.
Those are just genius suggestions.......NOT
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Posted by Abe on May 11, 2007, 8:55 am
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>>I live in Dallas and the weather has been very nice until today. Today I
>>decided to use the central A/C, the unit ran without incident for maybe 20
>>minutes than the circuit breaker tripped. I reset the breaker and 10 minutes
>>later again the circuit breaker tripped (The a/c was cold before the breaker
>>tripped and returned cold after I flipped the breaker). What is going on
>>here?
>>I believe I have a heat pump unit (you know the one that gets cold but not
>>as cold as someone with a regular unit). Thanks in advance.
>===============================================================
>My mom lived in a condo before her death. The second year that she lived there,
>the central A/C unit would pop the breaker 2 or 3 times a day. I would have to
>go over there and reset it for her. The A/C was freezing cold, and I saw no
>reason for the breaker tripping. It followed no pattern--sometimes it would run
>for 10 minutes and trip, and other times a few hours. I finally got fed up of
>going over there multiple times a day, and got another double pole 30 amp
>breaker, and installed it--problem solved--it never tripped again--some breakers
>do get weak. Try a new breaker.
Right. It's either a bad breaker, or something in the electrical
innards of the AC unit. Replace the breaker first. If that doesn't
solve it, time to call an A/C repairman.
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>decided to use the central A/C, the unit ran without incident for maybe 20
>minutes than the circuit breaker tripped. I reset the breaker and 10 minutes
>later again the circuit breaker tripped (The a/c was cold before the breaker
>tripped and returned cold after I flipped the breaker). What is going on
>here?
>I believe I have a heat pump unit (you know the one that gets cold but not
>as cold as someone with a regular unit). Thanks in advance.