Tripping breaker, stuck compressor. Ohming out a compressor.

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Oct 28, 2026
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Ohming out a compressor, stuck compressor
All right this morning we got a system that's breaking the breaker.
I don't have access to
the inside. There's two out here.
This one was running
so excuse me the other one was running
Good morning.
so we're going to check this one and see if
See ya.
if it's the one that's
tripping the breaker.
Check for power.
It's 6.2 volts
so that this
must be the one tripping the breaker.
We're going to home out this compressor real quick.
Homes,
how
come
that
wasn't
beeping?
At this capacitor,
because it's 72
microfarads,
I pushed in the contactor
and it just kinda homes.
All right, I'm gonna try to pull this
and see what
that capacitor's rated at.
The thing is not tripping and breaking right away,
but the capacitor reads 70,
and I was able to read that,
and that says 70.
So the capacitor's good, and we tried a little
super boost here, compressor will not start.
I'll show you
what it does.
It draws a lot
of rotor
amps stuck.
This is a compressor.
This is
a 2012.
Probably be working on this this weekend.
