I would suspect the breaker before I would suspect the heat strips. Heat strips don’t short typically, they fail open. Got a clamp on ammeter you can use to check the current draw when they’re on? Then you would know for sure.
Might want to give the air handler a look to make sure there’s nothing amiss, like something across the heat strips. -D > On Feb 11, 2021, at 5:47 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > It is in the 20's today and will be into the single digits this week. One > thing I have noticed for quite a while is every now and then the breaker for > the aux heat will be tripped. I usually just reset it and its fine but the > aux heat does not have to run much as it has not been that cold. When we got > back I had it set for 65 and the breaker was tripped again. I set the temp > back to 68 and checked later and the breaker was tripped again. I reset it > and just now checked it and temp is now up to 68 and the breaker tripped a > 3rd time. In other words, I need to get this addressed. What could be the > cause? Thought about swapping out the breaker in case it was getting weak > but what else could be the cause? Is it likely something is shorting in the > heat strips itself? Not sure if I should investigate and resolve or just > turn in a service request to the home warranty company. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
