hey I have a one and a half ton, Marine unit, water cooled - tripping the breaker. as soon as I cut on the t start the breaker popped. I checked the start capacitor and the run capacitor all was well. I even took out the potential relay and was going to break the start capacitor by hand,but it still tripped the breaker. I check the amperage of the compressor common and got close to 50 amps. so I am assuming the compressor is bad, right? Well that's what I thought too, I replace the compressor, and I'm getting basically the same thing. Before the breaker would pop as soon as the call for heat was there, now I can hear the compressor try to start, and can even see my gauges move a little in the right direction- then it pops the breaker. I ran a wire straight to the common to power and bypass the high pressure switch and low pressure switch, same problem. I'm running out of things to check.
Any clues what this could be or what to check?
Any clues what this could be or what to check?