[Chester Stone]

Bill Johnson, you offered to photo your control board. What I need to know is which wires to measure the amps for the fans on the control board. It seems to me that the increase in the amps at the breaker is not necessarily due to the compressor, but I suspect the condenser fan to be the problem and would like to check both fans at the control panel. Tom and Russ, the new #1 breaker that allowed 31 amps may not be at fault since I quickly turned off the thermostat. As a precaution, I am going to put in another new breaker. Again, what a great forum. If I have to tear into the a/c here in Mexico, I will photo everything I do. If it is in fact the fan, Mexican tradesmen are fantastic at rebuilding motors.