AC unit stopped working at all and I can’t find the breaker for it - any tips?
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I should have asked, did you happen to stick a meter in the receptacle?
The breaker is in the basement in breaker box A, I think… maybe 34… the air conditioner has a note on it as I recall… my exact number of the breaker might not be right… but it is in box A. (Press on the latch to open the box)
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You’re right I did not stick a meter in the receptacle so I can’t be certain it was a breaker.
We were teaching class and it was blowing cold but not enough. I noticed it was on LOW but the sign said it could go up to MEDIUM and 7. You can’t tell what number (1-10) it’s on now because that dial broke, but I went ahead and turned it to MEDIUM. Later on in the class we felt hot and I realized the unit wasn’t turning on at all. I tried turning it to off and then on again. I went to the breaker boxes and saw one tripped (#19) but it didn’t do anything. There’s a 3-pole turned off too but I couldn’t remember if we had a “don’t just randomly reset breakers” policy or not, and class was done so I figured maybe we should just let everything cool down.
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The breaker number/box is on the bottom of the sign in the fablab. (Ignore the date and the part about better sign “soon” though. 
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I will be down there tomorrow and will check on it. This is the second time in 2 weeks that I’ve heard that AC has had problems. It might be an option to replace that particular AC with one not installed currently. @Facilities @rustin.atkeisson
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Do we have a monitor that we could hook up to it to see if the AC is actually drawing more than the breaker is allowing? It could be that the breaker just needs to be replaced, especially if it’s one of the breakers that was originally in the building
I do have one that could, but either someone reset it, or something, because it’s good since the last report. Following the steps, and it’s not tripping it. (It’s on A34 btw.)
Also the boiler room looks good.
It appears intermittent at best, so please report exactly what’s happened if it’s not working. (As I now know of three cases recently.)
Please keep it on low which works. I would play with testing more, but I don’t want to mess up the boiler room job.
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Or the breaker is bad and is tripping at lower draws, in which case it needs to be replaced. This seems like something that should be fixed, not a bandaid applied.
Alternately the coil could be dirty or the internal filter needs to be clean and it’s drawing high current the longer it runs. Cleaning it may be the first step.
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