Hello, I recently had a home inspection in preparation for selling my house. The inspector informed the buyer that I need to downgrade the circuit breaker (from 40amp to 15amp) for new hvac? He said he sees this problem a lot. My father, who does a lot of DIY including some electrical, says that if we change to 15amp when the hvac switches to aux. heat it will blow the breaker?
I need to find out if this really needs to be changed, the inspector warned the hvac unit could be damaged if this isn't changed. But I don't want to have the change done if it will cause problems when the unit goes to aux heat.
I'd call the hvac installer, but, clearly, they didn't think it was necessary to change the breaker & I'd really like an independent opinion on this.
ALSO, is changing a breaker best left to an electrician or might this be something we could do ourselves?
Thanks in advance for any input. WJ