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dennis69
Jun 7, 2009, 02:34 PM
My ac was not working so I checked outside and the fan was not running the breaker was tripped so I reset and fan started to come on and it tripped breaker again - thought it might be the capasitor -changed and it did the same thing kept reseting breaker and it keeps tripping

Perito
Jun 7, 2009, 02:39 PM
Obviously, something is drawing more current than it should. There are many possibilities. The motor bearing may be failing and the motor isn't moving fast enough (though I would think the thermal overload would have kicked out first). There may be an high-resistance internal short somewhere.

You probably need a repairman.

wmproop
Jun 7, 2009, 08:09 PM
Disconnect the lead wires that run from the contactor to the fan motor(after killing the power), turn power back on,does it still kick the breaker? Is the compressor running?