On Apr 5, 2:25*pm, "Dave" wrote:
"N8N" wrote in message

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On Apr 5, 12:10 pm, Gary H wrote:

On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:57:09 -0400, Nate Nagel
wrote:

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Three breakers for the A/C sounds hinky though. You should have one
double breaker for the A/C, period. If you can't figure that one out
yourself, you may wish to call an electrician to look at it - something
ain't right there.

nate

One double breaker (although I've seen 2 singles instead. They should
be next to each other) and another (single) for the blower?

yabbut, he said that if any of the breakers were on that it'd work,
that can't possibly be right.

nate

Hey nate,

Hate to say it, but that is the way it is. *If any of those three breakers
is on, the outside compressor comes on when called upon. *This is why I said
that whoever wired this house had to be stupid, crazy or on drugs (maybe all
three.) *Please tell me why you say it can't possibly be, and help me
understand this mess.

Thanks,

Dave

I didn't say it couldn't *be,* I just said it couldn't be *correct.*
And it's not. That's why I suggested you have an electrician check it
out. It sounds like maybe the equipment got inadvertantly connected
to two different circuits somehow, which is a code violation, as there
needs to be a single disconnect for each circuit. Otherwise if you
kill the breaker marked "A/C" and don't subsequently test it, you
could get a nasty surprise.

Since you apparently have a meter, I would do the following: turn off
each breaker one at a time and see if there's voltage on the wire
connected to the output of that breaker. If there is, you got a
problem that ought to be fixed.

nate