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OT electricians, why does a 15A breaker keep tripping?
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:18 am
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:18 am
Noticed it was tripped the other day. Flipped it back, no problem. Yesterday I plugged in my electric smoker and it immediately tripped. This breaker is for the master bedroom lights and some outdoor outlets. The smoker worked fine in another outlet on a different breaker. So, I figured it was the smoker, but, overnight while the line was seemingly not in use, the breaker tripped again. Is the breaker bad or something else? It's a 14 year old home.
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Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:19 am to Jake88
Prolly got 16 amps going through it.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:19 am to Jake88
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keep tripping?
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:20 am to heatom2
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Prolly got 16 amps going through it.
Was gonna post this but ive been a smart arse all morning
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:20 am to Jake88
Breakers do wear out eventually. Either that or two much on the circuit.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:21 am to Jake88
Too many shrooms.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:21 am to Jake88
Check your flux capacitor.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:21 am to Jake88
Bad splice somewhere probably.
Get another breaker and swap it out to see if it's the breaker or the line.
Get another breaker and swap it out to see if it's the breaker or the line.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:22 am to Jake88
How old is the home? Is there is GFI outlet or breaker on this leg with there being outside outlets?
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:22 am to heatom2
With nothing seemingly on the circuit? When the smoker worked fine on another 15a breaker? I'm to ignorant about this to be joked with, it's not sporting.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:22 am to Jake88
Test it by removing it and using one of the other 15A from the panel. See what happens.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:23 am to Jake88
Is it a GFCI?
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:23 am to Jake88
Yes, breakers do get weak or go bad over time
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:23 am to MorbidTheClown
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:23 am to Jake88
Could be a broken widget in the micro capacitor of the plarnax
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:26 am to Jake88
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With nothing seemingly on the circuit? When the smoker worked fine on another 15a breaker? I'm to ignorant about this to be joked with, it's not sporting.
Sorry baw. Best bet if you don't know much about it, get a professional to come check it out.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:26 am to wickowick
14 years old. Yes both outdoor outlets are GFI.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:26 am to Jake88
I would put a clamp meter around the wire coming from that circuit and measure the amperage. If it's close to 15 then you need to see what's making the draw.
If it's not close to 15 or it's low, (with just lights and fans you may be drawing 5 amps tops)
I would then replace breaker as that's the cheapest fix.
If your amperage is low and breaker good, then you have a short or a grounding somewhere. A loose outlet can cause this. So can rodents chewing wire.
If it's not close to 15 or it's low, (with just lights and fans you may be drawing 5 amps tops)
I would then replace breaker as that's the cheapest fix.
If your amperage is low and breaker good, then you have a short or a grounding somewhere. A loose outlet can cause this. So can rodents chewing wire.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:29 am to Jake88
If the circuit is common to a bedroom, the breaker SHOULD be an arc fault breaker, not simply a GFCI circuit.
It may have gone bad and need replacement, although usually when they have gone bad, they trip with normal everyday loads.
Your smoker may have a small short in it, or maybe just the way it works is fooling the breaker into thinking it has a fault.
It may have gone bad and need replacement, although usually when they have gone bad, they trip with normal everyday loads.
Your smoker may have a small short in it, or maybe just the way it works is fooling the breaker into thinking it has a fault.
This post was edited on 8/2/18 at 8:30 am
Posted on 8/2/18 at 8:29 am to heatom2
I appreciate the jokes, so long as I recognize them as such and don't go looking an hour for a kerfoddlin rod in my flux capacitor.
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