Saturday, July 16, 2016

Circuit breaker tripping after installing new condenser fan motor

Reason why I replaced fan motor: After 30 minutes, fan would seize up, and compressor would keep going. Stick turning wouldn't budge it. Once power was off, it moved freely. Original capacitor was 50/3mfd. Last year hvac tech replaced it with a 50/5 mfd.

Replaced with a universal. Air is coming up. Has its own single capacitor now. The 50/5mfd only is for compressor now. Brown/white and brown to new single capacitor. Black and white both to relay.

After installing, it ran for an hour and tripped the breaker. Reset breaker , started it and it tripped pretty immediately.

Help please!

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