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BoxerPitMix
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Jun 20, 2013

Coleman Roof AC Help.. Sat upside down, now won't work!

Did a few searches here & on Google, didn't come up with much... Sorry if I missed a similar topic that someone previously has posted. In my search for a good used roof mount AC for my horse traile...
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Bob_Landry
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Jun 21, 2013
allen8106 wrote:
Likely by turning it upside down oil has drained into the compressor cylinder. When the piston tries to compress the oil it can't but keeps trying. As the locked rotor amps of the compressor climbs above the trip point it trips the breaker. Your compressor is now oil slugged. Could be that it drains down over time, could be in the cylinder permanently.


What??? These are rotary compressors. They don't have cylinders, pistons, and connecting rods like air compressors do.

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