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Turning lights on trips circuit breaker
I got the sense that the OP hadn't much experience with
electricity. And my sense is that there is a fault in the light circuit. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message ... I say call an electrician or an experienced electrical handyman to check it out - see my previous post. |
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Turning lights on trips circuit breaker
I wouldnt leave the troubled circuit as is, best to get it fixed.
rather than leave a unknown issue hanging. since no one knows exactly whats wrong it could be a larger problem, and cause a fire in the future...... I unplug everything on any circuit that repeatedly trips a breaker, its free easy and fast. plus it narrows down the issue. before paying for a electrician its a good idea one thing the pop means whatever it is is a dead short, which is easier to find than one that trips occasionally, for no apparent reason. I hate intermittents |
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Turning lights on trips circuit breaker
On Apr 25, 7:53*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: I got the sense that the OP hadn't much experience with electricity. And my sense is that there is a fault in the light circuit. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus *www.lds.org . wrote in message ... I say call an electrician or an experienced electrical handyman to check it out - see my previous post. in any case unplug everything on that breaker, does the breaker still trip when reset? then replace all light bulbs or just remove them does the breaker still trip? if these dont help the OP should call a electrician, better safe than sorry..... |
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In , aemeijers wrote
in part: Had a similar problem once. Turned out the box was cockeyed in the wall, and they 'englished' the switch to get it as close to vertical as possible. This was a large switch with a dimmer, so clearance was marginal anyway. The screws holding switch to box had worked loose, and the hot screw got close enough to the box to short out and trip breaker. FWIU, this is a common problem when boxes are too deep in wall, and they 'float' the device on the drywall with the mounting ears, or on a stack of washers or twist of wire, instead of using a proper extension ring. I once saw a fixture short. The cause: The wires leading to the socket got twisted, because the socket had turned, because someone screwed bulbs in too tightly. The insulation on the wires got soft when the bulb was on and making heat, then POW! Actually, that time the short was not a dead short. Instead of the breaker popping immediately, the fixture spewed purplish flame for about half a minute. -- - Don Klipstein ) |
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Turning lights on trips circuit breaker
In , Ed Pawlowski wrote:
"Bill" wrote You can only use so much electricity per circuit, then the breaker will trip. New TV's use a little more electricity than older TV's. New TVs use lots LESS than older TVs if you are comparing LCD versus the old CRT. LCD TVs use less electricity than CRT TVs of the same size. But many people have gotten bigger TVs than they had before. And external audio equipment that is on when the TV is on. -- - Don Klipstein ) |
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On Apr 24, 12:38*pm, aemeijers wrote:
On 4/24/2011 11:06 AM, Bill wrote: "Jo" wrote in message .... The other night I went to turn on the lights at the light switch by my front door and it made some noise and the lights wouldn't come on. Some of the electrical outlets in the neigboring room wouldn't work either. It tripped the circuit breaker so I reset it. I tried again to turn the lights on at the switch and it tripped the circuit breaker again. When it does this, the light switch makes a weird noise. Does anyone know what might be wrong here? I know the wiring in the house is piggybacked, if that makes a difference. And should there be any problems using the electrical outlets that are somehow connected to the light switch, as long as I leave the lights off? My TV is plugged into one of those outlets, so I want to make sure it doesn't get damaged somehow. Could be the "straw...". You can only use so much electricity per circuit, then the breaker will trip. New TV's use a little more electricity than older TV's. Try turning something off on that circuit and see if the light then works. If that is the case, plug something from that circuit into another circuit or have an electrician install a new outlet on a separate circuit in that room for the TV. That will off-load the circuit... I still think it is the switch, or maybe a fried light fixture, creating a dead short. A breaker trip due to load wouldn't be 'instant' like OP implied. Check the cheap and simple stuff first. -- aem sends... Yeah if it fails when the light is turned on that narrows the problem down a lot. Just hope its not a nail through the cable that has been sitting there for 30 years to finally get ya. Jimmie |
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