Anyone seen this before? The inside fan is ok, but I am guessing the outside fan is stopping and drawing massive current. Dont have a current meter and cant get to the outside fan either :-(
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17 years ago
Aircon keeps triggering circuit breaker after 1-2 minutes of operation
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17 years ago
You have ruled out the compressor ? Fans are normally a much less loading on the supply. What type of breaker ie. with or without earth leakage protection. With respect you may be a tad out of your depth here.
-- Cheers ............. Rheilly P
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17 years ago
Yes. It is normally associated with too small a breaker current for the start current of the compressor. Check the specs in the installation instructions / user manual and compare these to the rating of the breaker installed. Quite often sparkies who want to skimp on using the correct gauge cable for the load current / distance fit a smaller breaker to prevent the house catching on fire in the event of a fault / too high a stall or start up current in the compressor motor. The indoor unit is most likely running on a separate circuit or breaker. Get it fixed if it has been recently installed or under warranty - should cost nothing to fix a stuff up. If out of warranty get a qualified a/c sparkie to check it out.
Cheers, Alan
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17 years ago
"Dac"
** Check if the breaker is getting very hot.If so, it may well be the fault.
You really need a "clamp meter" for this sort of thing.
Or just call a sparky.
........ Phil