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can a circuit breaker that tripped, worked properly, be damaged inthe process?
Hello, I was wiring something and I messed up, as soon as I turned
the heater circuit breaker (to the thing I was wiring) on, there was a loud bang, smoke and the breaker jumped back to OFF position, that means, it worked properly, although the part I was wiring, got damaged. I then disconnected the damaged part. However, now the circuit breaker appears to "short", that is, even in the OFF position, some other wires that it controls, are hot! Can a tripped circuit breaker, get shorted that way in the process, so that it cannot be turned OFF, and so I should replace the circuit breaker? Or is something else wrong? Thank you for any insight, Mark |
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