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Circuit breaker question
Posted on 9/2/16 at 8:55 pm
Posted on 9/2/16 at 8:55 pm
My next door neighbor just moved in a few days ago and he had a new heat pump system put in and the water heater was converted from gas to electric. Anywho, he tells me he cant run his dryer or a/c or water heater in combination of any 2, much less 3 or the breaker trips. So he runs only one at a time. I took a look and saw on his breaker box outside he has on the left side 140 amps with 2 60's and a 20. And on the right he had 190 amps with a 60, 2 30s, 2 20s and a 30. I thought a breaker box was only maxed out at 200 amps and it looks like a 2 inch conduit going to the box from the main wire. And yes he has an electrician coming out tomorrow afternoon.
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Posted on 9/2/16 at 8:57 pm to moffettduck
Why would you want electric instead of gas water heater?
Posted on 9/2/16 at 8:57 pm to moffettduck
MYOB
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:00 pm to ksayetiger
quote:
Why would you want electric instead of gas water heater?
Gas. All others suck cock by choice.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:15 pm to moffettduck
So, he can't run any 2. Could the previous owner run the AC and dryer simultaneously?
Sounds like something wasn't wired correctly. Any house should be able to handle this. What about running the oven at the same time as well?
Sounds like something wasn't wired correctly. Any house should be able to handle this. What about running the oven at the same time as well?
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:18 pm to moffettduck
How big a trailer we taking?
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:22 pm to moffettduck
His breaker box should have a main incoming breaker, through which all other breakers are fed. If the sum of all the amps he uses exceeds his main breaker size, it will trip. If he wants to increase his main breaker size he will have to ensure that the incoming line (and terminations) to the meter from the utility and from the meter to the panel are sized sufficiently to feed the amp rating of the new main breaker.
Also of note, the breaker sizes for the feeder breakers do not necessarily indicate how many amps are passed when they are in use tho, they only indicate a practical maximum (actually they are oversized by 20% for the loads connected unless someone has done some crappy electrical work).
My recommendation: get a licensed electrician.
Also of note, the breaker sizes for the feeder breakers do not necessarily indicate how many amps are passed when they are in use tho, they only indicate a practical maximum (actually they are oversized by 20% for the loads connected unless someone has done some crappy electrical work).
My recommendation: get a licensed electrician.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 11:15 pm to East Coast Band
when it trips and its the a/c and dryer, he said the dryer and a/c thermostat go out together on the same 60 amp breaker. Or if hes got the water heater breaker on and the a/c is on or the dryer the water heater (on its own 60 amp breaker) only goes out. Also when I looked at it, he only had his a/c on and the breaker for it felt very hot in the box. So obviously there is too much current going through there.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 11:20 pm to moffettduck
Posted on 9/2/16 at 11:22 pm to moffettduck
Sometimes breakers simply wear out and just need to be replaced, so there's that possibility too.
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