Where is the outside breaker - Rheem 3 Ton 14 Seer Package Heat Pump - RQPMA037JK000

call the technician
indicates a compressor problem
could be a failed start/run capacitor or compress failure

Am I to assume your dryer is electrical? If so, I'll guarentee it will draw MORE than 14 Amps if heating. Sorry, can't analyze your problem from here.

Sounds like a short to ground problem with either the motor windings shorting to ground or a high voltage wire shorting.

Hello, there is a short to ground somewhere, check all the wiring from the inside un it to the outside unit and make sure nothing is touching metal.

Check all wiring for loose connections, particularly at contactor. Check for short circuit and earth leakage

This looks like an indoor panel. If you have an outdoor panel next to (or below) the power companies meter, It should have the breaker to feed such a panel. Thus, this indoor panel should only be required to have "main lugs" to receive wire from outside breaker. NEVER size breaker outside bigger than the equipment rating of inside devices. If from the power companies meter you intend to feed this panel, YES it is required to have a Main Breaker.

Check the breakers at the main panel flip them all the way off and back on. If this doesn't help check the outside breakers or diconnects near the units for power. Some disconnects have fuses or breakers so you may need to check these for power also.

What you described 'shouldn't' be happening - "if" the outside fuses and the inside breaker are sized correctly for your air conditioner.

I would make sure that the fuses in your outside disconnect were the proper size (for your AC), and that the inside breaker was of suffienct size to handle the air conditioner, and whatever else might be on the circuit.

Note: You would never want the 'outside fuse size' to be bigger than the inside breaker.

For example: 50 amp fuses in the outside disconnect and a 40 amp inside breaker is a no-no.

Often, for whatever reasons - someone will put larger fuses in the outside disconnect than what is called for.

When this happens the inside breaker is the only safety on the AC.

The problem is - for whatever reason - your inside breaker should not be tripping off.

It's likely that the AC may be on a inside breaker "that also has other things i.e. dryer, electric range or Refrigerator," and therefore any of these components 'including' the air conditioner could be causing the inside breaker to 'trip.'

One way to check this would be to 'un-plug' whatever else you had on the inside breaker - and then run your air conditioner and see if the breaker trips. Let's say you have the refrigerator and the air conditioner on the same inside breaker. You suspect the refrigerator is causing the inside breaker to trip - so you unplug it - and then turn on the air conditioner. "Now" it does not trip the inside breaker and assuming you have the proper fuses in the outside disconnect - you could safely say the air conditioner is ok - but - the refrigerator might be on the blink.

It's also possible that you just have too much on the inside breaker and you need to plug the refrigerator in to another outlet.

Still, if it was me - I think I would really think 'hard' about calling a Service Tech out - and let him/her diagnose the problem.

Hope this helps.

You should be able to run the fan on the inside unit if the outside one isn't working. If you're worried, turn off the circuit breaker for the outside unit. If you don't know why the outside unit isn't working, check the circuit breaker at the breaker panel, check the breaker inside the box that electrically connects to the outside unit, and check the outside unit for a reset button.

Check the fan relay or contacts first. If the compressor comes on then your fan may be locked and will need replacing.