Thread: Do circuit breakers wear out from old age?
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Default Do circuit breakers wear out from old age?
On 2/18/14 8:46 PM, bob haller wrote:
I used to spend a LOT of time at the westinghuse vanport breaker
plant in beaver PA.

A fascinating place

Breakers do age,they are designed to get more sensitive, tripping at
a lower current as they age. This is asafety design.

So if you have a breaker that trips a lot for apparently no reason,
replace it!!


Does that last part apply to spouses too?
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