Busted Air Conditioner

Last friday I went out to a call in Danville. The home owner was having trouble with their air conditioner unit that wasn't functioning properly. The unit would suck out the warm air but the circuit would break come time to send in the cool air. Mark had taken a look at everything a few days before and found that the air conditioner was not set up properly. The unit needed to be rewired correctly and it was time to go to the electrical panel.

In this case the wire needed to travel from the panel, through the garage, and into the air conditioner unit. Instead of tearing down the walls, the wire was going to be sent through three junction boxes and electrical pipe.

The piping is used to protect the wire from being exposed in the garage and to give the job a better looking finish. The pipe will travel from a junction box near the panel into another junction box in the garage. 

The wire could now safely travel to the until outside and be connected to the third and final junction box. From here, the wire will travel to the air conditioner units where there are already two junction boxes in place for each individual unit.          

Understanding what type of electrical requirements an appliance needs to run properly is very important because it will save you trouble down the road. This homeowner had owned the home for a long time and never knew his air conditioner was improperly connected before he got the home until it became a problem. Luckily Maine Electric was called on the job and we could help out with the problem! 

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