I have a rudd UHLA-3617JA high achiever air handeler, works fine except the electric heater will not come fan starts normally, is this a fuse/breaker or failed electric element problem, how can i tell

Most likely the fan relay is defective or the electric heater is defective. If the fan will not turn off, the cause is generally the electric heat is being back feed from a defective heat strip., Recommend call pro. If so inclined, remove power, breaker etc find 1/4or 5/16 driver and Remove panel from the ah. Look for the fan and follow the wires back to the relay( this is usually black,for high speed, blue for.med and red for low ) Follow the fan speed tap to the relay. If the relay is burnt or looks defective replace this part. If no defect is obvious remove the wire from the NC (normally closed) connection. Plug the power and check to see if the fan starts with out command. If the fan starts it definitely the relay. Note the wire removed from NC might be hot check with meter if it is and the electric heat is signalling the fan to run and most likely source of defect is the heat sequencers, (switch relays for high voltages) replace this part

you will need to check you condenser unit(the outside unit) here is a website that may help,Tim:

http://www.air-conditioning-and-refrigeration-guide.com/air-conditioning-troubleshooting.html

GO TO THIS SiTE TO CHECK THE FUSE BOX!
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This are the FUSE and RELAY number SLOT!
Fuse No. Description Ampere Rating 1 Headlight, low beam, left 10 2 Headlight, low beam, right 10 3 Instrument panel lights, license plate lights 10 4 Glove compartment light 15 5 Wiper/washer 15 6 Fresh air blower 16-valve only: Air conditioning 20 7 Taillights, side marker light, right 10 8 Taillights, side marker light, left 0 9 Rear window defogger 20 10 2.0 16-valve only: Fog lights 15 11 Headlight, high beam, left,High beam indicator light 10 12 Headlight, high beam, right 10 13 Horn 16-valve only: Radiator cooling fan 10 14 Back-up lights, washer nozzle heaters 10 15 2.0 16-valve only: Engine electronics, stabilizer valve, cold start valve 10 16 Instrument panel warning lights, 16-valve only: Multi function indicator 15 17 Emergency flasher switch, turn signals 10 18 Fuel pump, oxygen sensor heater 20 19 Radiator cooling fan, air conditioning 30 20 Brake lights, cruise control 10 21 Interior lights, digital clock 16-valve only: Luggage compartment light,multi function indicator, central locking 15 22 Radio, cigarette lighter 10
Relays Relay No. Description 1 Air conditioning 2 Open 3 Digifant control unit 4 Load reduction relay 5 Low coolant level control unit or Open 6 Emergency flashers 7 Rear Wiper 8 Intermittent wipers 9 Seat belt warning system control unit (possibly headlight warning too?) 10 Fog lights 11 Horn 12 Fuel pump (except diesel)Glow plugs (diesel) 13 Radiator cooling fan after run (except 16-valve)2.0 16-valve: Starter interlock relay 14 Automatic trans., coolant temperature indicator,starter interlock relay (except 2.0 16-valve)2.0 16-valve: Radiator cooling fan after run 15 ABS pump relay 16 ABS relay 17 Heated seat control unit, driver 18 Heated seat control unit, passenger, or power seat circuit breaker 19 Automatic transmission 20 Open 21 Power window relay, ABS hydraulic pump fuse 22 ABS valves fuse 23 Air conditioning, power seat fuse 24 Power window fuse

check for power at unit, as it may be the disconnect fuse/breaker. The only other thing is the main board, but it sounds like there is no power to the unit. I hope this helps Tim

Probably cycling on low or high pressure switch. You may be low on refrigerant, dirty filter or indoor coil, causing low pressure switch to open or the outdoor coil is dirty or outdoor fan not running at the proper speed causing the high pressure switch to open.

High amp draw can be caused by a few different things, so first check that incoming voltage to trailer is sufficient. (115 volts) Not unusual for some parks to install more hydro hook-ups on a feed line, and when all are up and running, your incoming voltage could be decreased. If your o.k. that way, then I'd start looking at the compressor circuit of your ac, in particular, the compressor start-up capacitor. The capacitor basically stores electricity and boosts it to higher voltage for compressor and fan start-ups to reduce current draw that will trip the breaker. Please have a knowledgeable electrician, or RV tech check this for you, as a capacitor can give a real good high voltage (possible fatal) shock, even when power is off to unit. I also suspect that the start relay has shorted (welded) itself due to high amp draw situation, and that is reason it comes on by itself.

Turn the thermostat as low as it will go and have someone stand out side, they should here the condensor fan and compressor come on at the same time. They are two distinctive sounds so you should
be able to tell if the compressor is running.

If nothing happens and you are skilled with electrical
you can turn power off and remove the electrical
cover to the outside unit. Restore power and carefully
push in the contactor, if the fan and compressor
starts you have a thermostat or low voltage problem.

If just the outdoor fan runs on any attempt, more than likely you need a new capacitor.

Is this is a 115 volt heater plugged into an outlet? Check the outlet with a working lamp. If it doesn't work either, check the appropriate breaker in the house electrical panel--push off, then on. Check the breaker rating against the heater rating. The breaker should be rated around 20% greater. If this a 230 volt wired-in heater, check the appropriate twin breakers as above. If the above doesn't solve the problem, then remove the heater cover (after removing power) and look for an open thermal overload switch.

It appears there is a resistor block there, either at blower connection area, or at firewall area on passenger side under cowl somewhere. It is quite common for blower to only work on high when resistor goes. Look for block, or base, 1-1/2" x 3" approx. with electrical connector to it.

HEY< is this an up flow or down flow air handling unit,,,,(vents in the ceiling or in the floor?) If this is a down flow, then the filter rack is always before or above the the fan. to catch dust before it goes to the fan blades..!