On 10/24/2019 8:23 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
In article ,
says...

I have always wondered whether doing all this on one circuit breaker was asking-for-trouble. With all the stereos, TVs, lights etc , that 15 amp CB would ALWAYS blow when i turned the old microwave on when the oven was on. Now it blows even when the oven isn't on.

(The microwave calls itself 1.58 kilowatts)


The microwave should be the only device operating on the breaker. It is
right at the limit of a 15 amp breaker.

What else stops working when the breaker trips ? If anything, I would
say you just have the circuit overloaded and the breaker is doing its
job. If a breaker is reset many times, it can become weak or defective.


One minor point, if you actually have breakers , do not refere to
anything as fuses or fuse boxe. They are breakers and the breaker or
panel box.

You asked how hard it is to change a breker. Not very hard. You cut
off the main breaker, open up the panel box , check with a tester to
make sure the power is off below the main breaker. Unhook usually one
wire from it that goes to the circuit. The breaker will snap out.It may
have a screw holding it in. Reverse the process to get power back on.
There are several companies and types of breakers, so you have to make
sure you get the correct one. Replace it with the same amp rating.
They are there to protect the wiring.

If you have never been in a panel box, do not do it because even though
you cut off the main breaker, there is still some 'hot' wires in the
box.

I think you said there were only 8 breakers. This must be a very small
house/apartment or an older house that was rewired and changed from
fuses to a breaker box.


If this is an apartment, ask the landlord to fix the breaker.