AboutHoward Livingston Expertise Can answer questions on electrical control circuits, power supply,airflow & distribution, electrical components,refrigerant problems,gas, electric & propane furnaces.No boiler or refrigerator or oil fired furnaces experience.Just HVAC questions please.
Experience 35 years experience in residential & light commercial repair & installation.
Question I have a Janitrol compressor that occasionally trips the breaker. If I reset the breaker (off and then back on) the compressor starts and runs fine. The unit is about 8 years old. Any thoughts?
Answer Good question, difficult to answer. Many things can be the fault. First try tightening all the terminal on the power supply. Can be a gbad circuit breaker. Can be a shorting compressor motor windings. Can be a faulty run capacitor. Can be worn bearings in the compressor. I'm fighting one right now that trips the breaker after 4 starts. And on, and on.
