X-500 starts fine heats slooow gets almost to temp ,then the pump turns off, starts +turns off ,on + off.It was tripping the 15amp breaker. had an electrician change the wiring from #12 to #10 gage also changed breaker to 20 amp.It just seems the pump gets so hot it's just not right. It didn't stop the on + off ! WE have to unplug it ,wait for 15 or so mins. plug it back in .THIS isn't in the manual.

After 30 minutes of use, feel the outside of the breaker that is tripping. If you feel heat on the surface of the breaker it could be the breaker is going bad. Have an electrician change the breaker and have him check the load on the breaker. My guess is, if the heat pump seems to runs fine for an hour but is tripping a breaker then it is probably not the heat pump.

Without looking up the specifications for this heat pump, I cannot be certain, but I expect the operation to provide cooling may require more power than when heating. You probably can find the specifications online for this unit. As you probably know, power is measured in watts and is calculated by voltage times current. This also is likely to be 240 volts operation. If you take the specified power on cooling and divide by voltage (240), that will indicate the current in amperage that will be required to start it. Your circuit breaker is set for current and needs to be a higher current than is required. If that is the problem, you can buy circuit breakers at Home Depot or Lowes. You have to remove the front panel of your breaker box and snap out the circuit breaker. To be safe it would be good to turn off the main breaker switch before you open the front panel and remove the circuit breaker for the heat pump. Should your calculation of current required be less than the rating of the circuit breaker, that implies a malfunction of the heat pump in the cooling mode and would require a service call to the local representative of the heat pump manufacturer.

Your probably plugging it into a 15amp plug, you need to find a 20 amp plug. Also try not to use an extention cord, try to plug in direct.

There must be something tripping the breaker whilst you are not in the house.

I would guess it is something like an electric water heater which cuts in from time to time. It is probably faulty and tripping the breaker - it may still heat the water so the fault is not obvious. Other things are air con units, fridges, pumps, anything that might come on whilst you are away.

I would start by replacing the breaker. If a new one trips then check ground and wiring. If it still trips then there must be a problem with the garbage disposal. let us know

Excessive current draw when motor first starts could and most likely does cause this breaker trip. I would check wiring connections to motor, check cold motor start up amperage draw, also breaker may be the issue (weak bimetal spring).

bad connection follow wires from breaker to to moter theres abreak causing arc find it

You Know for a 15AMP unit it really should be on it's OWN sub-main, Ordinary House sockets are usually only 10AMP rated. This WILL overload any normal household wiring. You also need to get this unit checked out. to see if you have any "Earth leakage". Also at 115volts and 15Amps that equal a 7.66 OHM load....Be careful.

Hi, check amps on unit, and make sure breaker matches, check unit voltage tag, it will tell you what size breaker you need, or may be breaker is loosing resistance, replace breaker, if problem continues, a/c maybe over working because of high temp, temp. affect amperages, and that would be normal, if it trips after few hrs. also check a/c for lack of freon, sometimes, they need a tap up of refrigerant, not enough freon and they would run longer, get hotter and eventual trips. breaker doing his job. good luck

My guess I would say, you either have a wire that is short to ground or if the contacter pulls in, then I would say the compresser is short to ground.There also could be some capacitors that could be short.