Hello,
It could be a number of things. Anything from a weak breaker to a
nearly dead A/C. My guess is a basic service/maintenance call will take
care of it. When was the last time you had it serviced?
Depending on the age of the house (breaker box), breakers do wear over
time and become more resistive. When you turn your AC on, it gets very
hot and that's what typically causes breakers to trip. The breakers
trip when they get hot due to overcurrent, or just old age.
My personal experience was that my box was so old (1968), the busses
feeding the circuit had corroded to about 1/2 the size and basically
lit up like a lightbulb when the AC was on, causing the breakers to
trip. I had to remove the box. First, a heat pump should have exactly the same cooling capacity as a
regular A/C unit of the same tonnage. You should really have your unit
serviced yearly to be sure it is working at maximum capacity and
efficiency. As to the breaker tripping, it is hard to diagnose without
being there, but from what you describe, it sounds more like a problem
in the electrical service to the unit rather than a problem with the
unit itself, but there are many possibilities, and unless you have some
basic experience with electrical work, it is best left to a professional. Your
best bet would be to call an A/C company.
Take care.
Hello,
As i advice earlier, the best thing to do at this stage and with the numbers of the period of time the air conditioner as served you, the best thing to do is to service the air conditioner, this could be due to dust on some vital parts of the air conditioner, once the maintenance routine is carried out on the air conditioner, it will fix the problem.
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Hi Ron - From what you have described if neither the burners nor oven turns on make sure the electrical connecting is 240V. The oven light and clock portions only required 115V. The clock and oven light working may indicate an electrical circuit breaker supplying the range is tripped or a fuse is blown. Confirm household circuit is correct and the range cord is properly wired to the terminal block.
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The breakers in our box don't trip just the G.F.I on the unit itself (the G.F.I that is on it's power cord). I haven't been able to find anyone in our area that services the window a/c's. The unit is aprox 4 years old. Would it be a good assumtion that the unit is going out? Do you know the aprox life span of a unit this size/age. We use it full time June -Sept every year.
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