Outside Breaker Box For Ac Unit

Your outside ac hums but the fan doesn t spin or the entire outside ac unit isn t working at all.

Outside breaker box for ac unit.

Typically this means one of two things. Halex 60 amp 120 240 volt non fuse metallic ac disconnect hnf60r 1 per pack. Note that the color and exact location of the box may vary. This will generally be a two pole or 240 volt alternating current vac circuit breaker.

After some investigating you determine that your outside ac unit isn t running but the inside is. Locate the grey power box mounted near the outside air conditioning unit. Installing one of these boxes is not difficult. Remove all power from the circuit breaker that controls the central ac unit.

This box will allow the power to be cut to the condensing unit without entering the residence. Despite hearing the sound of the ac turning on your house is not cooling down as it used to. An outside condensing unit for a central air conditioning system building codes normally require that an external disconnect box be installed near the condensing unit located outside of the house.