[ajsmitty]

I recently had an inspection done on a house I am purchasing. Each time that the inspector tried to turn on the air conditioner, it would trip the breaker which resulted in not being able to run the a/c at all. Any suggestions on what could be wrong? Thanks in advance for your help

[ma0641]

Short in the wiring, weak breaker, shorted compressor. Sounds like the breaker is doing it's job. However, an older breaker may trip on start-up since the instantaneous starting amperage draw is high

[ajsmitty]

Short in the wiring, weak breaker, shorted compressor. Sounds like the breaker is doing it's job. However, an older breaker may trip on start-up since the instantaneous starting amperage draw is high

Thank you. I will give that a try and let you know the outcome.