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| cedstevo
 |  "breaker trips"
, posted Mon 9 Jun 23:24  
I have a Goodman heat pump combo. It stopped working last week. searching thru the forums I decided to do some troubleshooting. whenever I send to cool the breaker trips. The fan will spin slowly if the t-stat is set to off. I started disconnecting wires from the contactor and with the red lead that looks to go to the condenser disconnected the breaker wont trip. Do I have a bad condenser? Would it be cheaper to replace the condenser or the entire unit? thanks, ced.
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| Houston204
| "Re(1):breaker trips" , posted Tue 10 Jun 00:39
It would be advisable and more reliable to replace the entire unit. You can get a available 10 year parts and labor warranty.
You will only get 1 year parts and probably much less than that labor, only replacing the compressor.
You would need a new matching fancoil when replacing a heatpump, so it wouldn't be cheaper, initially.
"Tip of the Day" Remember to remove power first.
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| | cedstevo
| "Re(2):breaker trips" , posted Tue 10 Jun 18:41
I got 0 ohms yellow and red wire to ground open black to ground.
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| | Houston204
| "Re(3):breaker trips" , posted Tue 10 Jun 23:47
0 ohms to ground would be a bad thing. Does this red wire only connect to the compressor in this test?
"Tip of the Day" Remember to remove power first.
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| cedstevo
| "Re(1):breaker trips" , posted Mon 9 Jun 23:44
I meant compressor in above post.
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