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Posted on Sep 16, 2008

579 series, 13.5K BTU Rooftop trips AC circuit breaker in hot weather...

When circuit breaker is reset, the unit will run for 5-10 minutes, cooling nicely, and then trip the AC circuit breaker again. I changed the settings, but it did the same. After a half dozen or so tries, we just turned the fan on.

Once the outside temperature went down I tried it again. The AC worked fine all night and the next morning.

Dealer says if he can't replicated the problem, they'll consider it working. It does work, but not when the temp is 95 degrees.

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Is your condensing unit located in a well ventilated area and have an ample space, atleast a foot, from the rooftop flooring? Just make a check that free flowing outside air properly ventilates the condensing unit specially on high ambient temperatures. Hope this would solve your problem

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