Air conidtioner tripping 20 amp breaker
I have a Coleman Mach unit on top of motorhome, and it's only a couple years old, but I think warranty is expired. When it's starts getting into afternoon heat, compressor seems to be tripping bre...
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MrWizard wrote:I agree with this. It's not a 100% sure thing, but a bad run capacitor can certainly cause the problem you're having, and it's not a very expensive shoot-in-the-dark thing to try. Just be careful if/when you go up on the roof, and short out the capacitor terminals before touching them(the breaker is of course off at this point). With the unit only a few years old, it's kind of early for a failure. It's possible to test the capacitor, but if you don't know how to do this, just replace the darned thing.
most likely a bad 'RUN capacitor' for the compressor
