Rooftop AC Tripping Breaker... Sometimes
I have a 2001 Monaco Knight with 2 Dometic Duo-Therm AC units. The Rear air works fine and the front has started tripping the breaker. I have cleaned both sets of coils, replaced both capacitors, r...
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You have a bad compressor. Your symptoms point to that. To verify, you need a AMP draw of the compressor. Without special amp draw meter, you may be able to do a draw test. Not sure if 2001 Knights had the Intellitec EMS system that shows amp draw on the inside remote panel. If so, you can start the AC unit and watch the amp draw. You should have a baseline with other 120 appliances running. Watch the amp draw increase as the front AC starts up. The MAX increased amp draw caused by the AC should be 14 to 15 amps. Watch the amp draw in the heat. If the amps slowly increase above the 14 to 15 start up, then your compressor is bad as long as the Condensor coil is clean. If no EMS system, then you will have to get a Amp draw meter. Doug
