When should a 15-amp breaker trip?
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Should a 30 amp, 2 pole breaker be hot on both "breakers"?
Comments (6)A non contact tester and even some digital volt meters are not all that reliable in crowded wiring. A DVM's input impedance is often so high it can pick up 'stray voltage' by capacitive coupling, the same 'trick' that non-contact testers use. Luckily the error is usually to indicate voltage is present when it is NOT actually there. It can make trouble shooting a PITA though when it says dead circuits are still live....See MoreIs $100 to much to pay to have a 60amp breaker changed to a 40amp
Comments (16)"The breaker protects the appliances on the circuit, not the wiring." Not exactly. Depends on the circuit and the equipment which it supplies. In some cases, the overcurrent protection value is selected for the equipment, while the conductor size is also selected for the equipment. The rules for motors could result in a #12 being protected at 40 amperes in certain cases Examples are motors and air conditioning/refrigerating equipment. The protection is based on conductor size alone in the case of general purpose branch circuits in residences and many other applications. The NEC has many nuances and special cases that must be considered. In the case of the range, if the manufacturer of the range specifies a maximum of 40 amperes for the supply overcurrent protection, then the installation of the 40 amp breaker is correctly indicated-- and needed....See Morearc fault breaker not tripping when wires are burnt in bedroom
Comments (7)If the wire nuts were melted, the iron certainly isn't your problem. That particular junction that melted was creating heat - and lots of it. Not everything that creates heat will trip an AFCI - and your iron is a good example. The AFCI is measuring current wave forms and comparing it to "normal" waveforms (like turning on a light or plugging something into an outlet.) If the wave form exceeds the normal in speed and intensity, it trips the breaker. The thing that causes heat is a combination of current and resistance. That could be in the form of the resistance of air (as in an arc) or gunk. Or it could be from higher current flowing through a wire that wasn't designed to handle it (as in a bulb too big for a fixture.) Also, ACFI's break. Have they checked to see if it is actually working?...See More15 amp breaker with surge protection
Comments (4)There are receptacles with surge protection built in. Tripp Lite, among others, makes an excellent surge supressor that plugs into a wall receptacle and provides a protected receptacle to plug whatever into. If you're really worried about protecting computers you should be looking at an online UPS...See Moremike13
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