Good morning all. New participant on these forums. Interesting read with lots of information.

Anyhow, I've got a Marine Air Systems air conditioner on my 28-foot Bayliner. The unit has always been quite the pain . . . works occasionally . . . lots of HPF codes and the like . . . it'd heat up, throw the breaker . . . you know the drill.

The strainer's always clean, no constricted or crimped lines or obstructions. After trying darned near everything, I got it working properly only by keeping the V-berth open wheneve I wanted the air to work. Seems that the return air vent is inadequate (planned to address that at the end of the season).

That was two weeks ago.

On Saturday, me and the admiral were on a weekend trip to another marina. Got there, fired up the air. It ran for about an hour during which me, the admiral and rest of the gang went for some adult-type libations.

I came back to find a light haze of smoke, a nasty 'electrical burning' smell and the lights out at the control panel of the air conditioner. The breaker tripped . . . obviously.

The unit was still quite hot.

I thought maybe it was the strainer again so I cleaned that and tried to fire it up.

Two seconds of 'buzzzzzzzzzz' then the usual thwack of the breaker being tripped.

Have I blowed up my air conditioner or is there something simple I might be able to try?

Please and thanks.

OK . . . I can't run the air because it won't even start up. Immediately trips the breaker so complying with that won't be too difficult.

I'll get all the specs and some photos tonight and post them.

Thanks,

Chuck

OK . . . it is a Vector Compact 10,000 BTU model number 205 311 300. It was brand new in August 2007. How do I go about uploading pictures as I've got a few of them for you to have a look at.

OK . . . I can't seem to do that. Can you pm me with an email address so I can at least get them to you.

The model number is VDC 10k/2.

Damn those fingers . . .

Model No.: VCD 10k/2
Serial No.: 65099092