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Default Buzzing, Blowing Breaker

I've heard breakers buzz, when they are over loaded. I'd
want to see if it's possible to trace that circuit, and open
it up at several points. Turn the breaker off, unwire all
the black wire nuts you can. See if the breaker buzzes. Kill
the power (breaker off) and reconnect the circuit, one wire
nut at a time. You can isolate where the problem is.

You can swap the breaker with another one, see if the other
breaker buzzes. But, from here, it sounds like something is
overloading the breaker.

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"Michael Dobony" wrote in
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I have a circuit that keeps tripping the breaker. I can't
find anything
wrong in the circuit. There is only a series of lights and a
light sensor
to turn them on at night. One thing that seems to point me
to the breaker
itself is that it buzzes when I reset it. It is also an
extreeeeeeeeeeemly
old style breaker. Breakers shouldn't buzz, right?


Mike D.