Why does the air conditioner keep tripping the electricity?

Answer 1

Have you tried changing you breaker? Sometimes when breakers get weak they will still function most of the time, but when the a/c kicks on it will trip. Is it the indoor portion of your AC or the outside? The circuit is probably overloaded. 110V air conditioners draw quite a bit of current. If you have many other devices on the same circuit that is why the breaker is tripping. To solve this you need to run another circuit. Consult an electrician if you don't know how ot do this.

Answer 2

AnswerIf the home electric supply is interupted momentarily the AC compressor may not restart because of the the high pressures still in the liguid line. The starting cap may be weak also. Under those pressures the compressor is presenting a dead short to the breaker box and off it goes. If this is too often for comfort - replace the starting capacitor, be sure the breaker matches the AC unit starting demand load, and whether anything else is wired to the AC breaker.

Answer 3

too many electrial things on that circuit, check your electrial box, see if its marked as for the fuses, like 35, 20, 10, the higher amps are for dryers, furnace, hot water, range, chances are too many things are plugged in. Try turning off everything you believe is on the same line or wall, run the AC see if it stops. also mark your breaker box as to what each circut controls, search electrial

Answer 4

The air conditioning unit is pulling too much current for the breaker to handle. This is a protective measure of the curcuit breaker to prevent a fire from occurring. Several possibilities, 1. the air conditioner is defective. 2. The breaker is defective. 3. The air conditioner is too large for the curcuit to handle. Check your air conditioner current rating, for example if the unit requires 15 Amps of current, and your curcuit breaker is 15 amps, then do not use that plug. Do not change the curcuit breaker to a larger value.

Answer 5

A Circuit Breaker is designed to automatically discontinue the flow of electric current if it detects an overcurrent condition in the electrical circuit it is protecting. There might be some internal components of your air conditioner that are not functioning properly.

Answer 6

Because it's drawing too much power probably. Try switching other things off first, and run it from a kitchen socket, for example a cooker point.

Otherwise there may be a fault with the compressor, in which case take it to a qualified electrician to check it isn't shorting out.

Answer 7

The most common problem is that there is other equipment connected to the same circuit. To see if this is a fact, the next time the fridge trips check the house for other appliances or plugged in portable equipment to see if they have also stopped working. To check your plugs use a portable piece of equipment like an egg beater, plug it in and turn it on to see if there is power at that plug. In a new home your fridge will be on a dedicated circuit all of its own and this tripping will not happen unless the fridge is the cause. If you can not find the cause request the service of a refrigeration technician as the gas may be low in the compressor unit and he can recharge the unit which may solve the problem.

Answer 8

Hate to be bad news bear but most likely the compressor is shot. Probably its shorted or locked up. pele'

Answer 9

Simply, the AC is drawing more current (amps) than the breaker/fuse can handle. The cause for this simply cannot be determined without a circuit test.