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Electricity question. ...
Posted by drjett on 7/25/15 at 7:06 pm00
we recently had the house remodeled, and with it a total rewire and brand new breaker box. vacuum cleaner keeps throwing a breaker. what is causing that to happen?
re: Electricity question. ...Posted by Big_country346 on 7/25/15 at 7:12 pm to drjett
I'm not much on residential. maybe the connection in the vacuum plug is bad. Afci breaker?
re: Electricity question. ...Posted by QuietTiger on 7/25/15 at 7:13 pm to drjett
Meaning a walk around vac, like plug into the wall type? If so and your home was wired correctly it's tripping the arc fault breaker. This has been an issue for a while.
Try plugging it into the bath, washer or kitchen outlets and see what happens.
Some vacs draw a lot too, so the normal wall outlets are generally under a 15 amp breaker which could be close to the max depending on what else is on that circuit.
Try plugging it into the bath, washer or kitchen outlets and see what happens.
Some vacs draw a lot too, so the normal wall outlets are generally under a 15 amp breaker which could be close to the max depending on what else is on that circuit.
re: Electricity question. ...Posted by Bleeding purple on 7/25/15 at 8:06 pm to QuietTiger
Overloading the breaker.
Short in vac
Short in that particular circuit
Those are the possible reasons.
Short in vac
Short in that particular circuit
Those are the possible reasons.
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re: Electricity question. ...Posted by Hammertime on 7/25/15 at 9:06 pm to drjett
Did your vacuum ever do that before? Try it in different outlets?
First I've heard of Arc Fault breakers. I could see the potential for a lot of stuff tripping these. Do all recetacles have to be arc fault protected or just certain ones like not all receptacles have to be GFCI protected.
re: Electricity question. ...Posted by QuietTiger on 7/26/15 at 10:46 am to 007mag
Pretty much everywhere if the code enforcement is using the latest codes. Lot's
are not though.
are not though.
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