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wrote:

It's extremely unlikely that the breaker is bad. But how old is it?
The only way to know for sure is to buy another one and substitute.

It most certainly isn't the only way, nor is it anywhere close to the
best way. And it's bad advice; that is money better spent on the service
call that it needs.

hvacrmedic