AC Condensing Fan Electrical Specifications

[jar546]

Here is a photo of a simple AC condensing fan tag. Here are two questions for you that any residential inspector should know:

1) What is the minimum size for the conductors in this circuit?

2) What size OCPD should you see and what type?

 

[north star]

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1. No. 8 AWG
2. 50 amp OCPD Max., single pole

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[steveray]

I think he was looking for the HACR designation on the breaker?...Or whatever it is....

 

[Mr. Inspector]

Whatever the manufactors installation manual requires.

 

[jar546]

Whatever the manufactors installation manual requires.

Not quite, the tag in question has the specs for wiring. You will not find specifics in the manual for wire size and OCPD size as every unit is unique.

 

[ICE]

I think he was looking for the HACR designation on the breaker?...Or whatever it is....

I don’t know but I’ve been told that nearly all circuit breakers are HACR.

 

[jar546]

I don’t know but I’ve been told that nearly all circuit breakers are HACR.

That's not how the chant went while running in the Marine Corps. It did start "I don't know but I've been told...." but it did not end the way you wrote it.