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Default Circuit breaker keeps tripping

On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 1:04:57 AM UTC-6, E. Robinson wrote:
How do I debug when a circuit breaker keeps tripping?

1. It has never tripped before (years).
2. Yesterday, it was tripped.
3. I flip it back on, and it trips immediately.
4. It controls a bunch of outlets and lights and that's about it.

I turn off the lights it controls.
I unplug all the outlets.

It still trips.

How do you debug these things?


Does it actually *reset* and then trip? When they go bad they don't reset or *catch*...showing you its needs replacing. Have any of the outlets been worked-on to be suspect?