What size breaker is on your ac unit?
I bought a 2018 zinger 290kb off the lot, been having an issue with the air conditioner breaker tripping. It is on a 15 amp breaker, and the manual shows it can pull up to 16amps on start up. I had an electrician check it, and its pulling 13.3-13.5 while running. He told me that the wire was sized correctly for the load being 12awg wire it was rated for 20amps, bit the breaker was sized to low. He said that the NEC code was no more than 12.5 amps for a 15 amp breaker which is 80%.
So my question is what size is your breaker for your air conditioner? Did they screw up, or is the unit just pulling too much power due to a defect?
Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated.
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