A couple of days ago my downstairs AC unit went off and the control
panel had no power. I reset the breaker and it came back on. This morning,
I lost the unit again and again with no power to the control panel, but
resetting the breaker is not helping. I checked the leads on the control
panel and am not getting voltage to it. It's a Carrier HVAC. Any advice on
other things to check?
BTW, Anybody used Frymire to service their AC? Comments?

Thanks in advance,
Steve
www.texascontractorratings.com

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:15:04 GMT, "Seabass"
wrote:

A couple of days ago my downstairs AC unit went off and the control
panel had no power. I reset the breaker and it came back on. This morning,
I lost the unit again and again with no power to the control panel, but
resetting the breaker is not helping. I checked the leads on the control
panel and am not getting voltage to it. It's a Carrier HVAC. Any advice on
other things to check?
BTW, Anybody used Frymire to service their AC? Comments?

Thanks in advance,
Steve
www.texascontractorratings.com



Sounds like you should check the circuit breaker. They do go bad
occasionally. IF you know what you are doing, you can temporarily
just turn that breaker off and pick another breaker of the same amp
rating just like it (for a non-critical circuit) and turn it off too.
When they are both OFF, switch the wires and then turn them back on
and see if the AC starts working again. If it does there's a
reasonable chance you just need a new breaker. If it was me I'd buy
two new ones and switch out both the ones you monkeyed with as long as
you are in there anyway..

Seabass wrote:
BTW, Anybody used Frymire to service their AC? Comments?

The following data concerns complaints processed by the BBB since the
firm's file was opened on December 31, 1969 or over the last 36 months,
whichever is less. Frymire Engineering Co. has had 8 complaints. 6 were
closed as Resolved. 2 were closed as Unresolved.

Thanks for the response. I checked the breaker and got 120 volts across it.
Does that rule it out?

Regards,
Steve


"Ashton Crusher" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:15:04 GMT, "Seabass"
wrote:

A couple of days ago my downstairs AC unit went off and the control
panel had no power. I reset the breaker and it came back on. This
morning,
I lost the unit again and again with no power to the control panel, but
resetting the breaker is not helping. I checked the leads on the control
panel and am not getting voltage to it. It's a Carrier HVAC. Any advice
on
other things to check?
BTW, Anybody used Frymire to service their AC? Comments?

Thanks in advance,
Steve
www.texascontractorratings.com



Sounds like you should check the circuit breaker. They do go bad
occasionally. IF you know what you are doing, you can temporarily
just turn that breaker off and pick another breaker of the same amp
rating just like it (for a non-critical circuit) and turn it off too.
When they are both OFF, switch the wires and then turn them back on
and see if the AC starts working again. If it does there's a
reasonable chance you just need a new breaker. If it was me I'd buy
two new ones and switch out both the ones you monkeyed with as long as
you are in there anyway..

"Seabass" wrote in message
.. .
Thanks for the response. I checked the breaker and got 120 volts across
it.
Does that rule it out?


Not necessarily.

Measuring across a breaker (line side to load side) should produce a zero
voltage reading, when the breaker is closed.

Measuring from load side of breaker to ground or neutral will tell you if
the breaker is closed.

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:30:47 GMT, "Seabass"
wrote:

Thanks for the response. I checked the breaker and got 120 volts across it.
Does that rule it out?

Regards,
Steve

Is this a double pole breaker feeding a central air unit? A double
pole breaker should read 220v or 110v to ground from either leg.

Steve B.

It was a loose wire. Thanks for the replies.

Steve


"Seabass" wrote in message
.. .
A couple of days ago my downstairs AC unit went off and the control
panel had no power. I reset the breaker and it came back on. This
morning,
I lost the unit again and again with no power to the control panel, but
resetting the breaker is not helping. I checked the leads on the control
panel and am not getting voltage to it. It's a Carrier HVAC. Any advice
on
other things to check?
BTW, Anybody used Frymire to service their AC? Comments?

Thanks in advance,
Steve
www.texascontractorratings.com

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:30:47 GMT, "Seabass"
wrote:

Thanks for the response. I checked the breaker and got 120 volts across it.
Does that rule it out?


I see you got it fixed, congrats on finding the loose wire. Sometimes
things do turn out to be simple. For future reference, no, getting
120 across it doesn't rule it out if it was measured when it was not
under load. If you have poor connections you can get 120 when nothing
is running but under load it could drop way down.


Regards,
Steve


"Ashton Crusher" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:15:04 GMT, "Seabass"
wrote:

A couple of days ago my downstairs AC unit went off and the control
panel had no power. I reset the breaker and it came back on. This
morning,
I lost the unit again and again with no power to the control panel, but
resetting the breaker is not helping. I checked the leads on the control
panel and am not getting voltage to it. It's a Carrier HVAC. Any advice
on
other things to check?
BTW, Anybody used Frymire to service their AC? Comments?

Thanks in advance,
Steve
www.texascontractorratings.com



Sounds like you should check the circuit breaker. They do go bad
occasionally. IF you know what you are doing, you can temporarily
just turn that breaker off and pick another breaker of the same amp
rating just like it (for a non-critical circuit) and turn it off too.
When they are both OFF, switch the wires and then turn them back on
and see if the AC starts working again. If it does there's a
reasonable chance you just need a new breaker. If it was me I'd buy
two new ones and switch out both the ones you monkeyed with as long as
you are in there anyway..