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Wiz
Explorer
Jun 13, 2015

Main breaker trips with A/C and Microwave on.->RESOLVED

My main circuit breaker trips if we start the microwave when the A/C is running. Today when it happened, I forgot to turn off the AC before resetting the breaker and the A/C wouldn't start. I turned i...
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Itakethe5th2011
Explorer II
Jun 13, 2015
I too can run AC and microwave, but if I have my gas/electric water heater on electric. I trip main breaker. Just too much amps. You need to look at all the amps from TV, refrigerator, etc. If they add up more than 30 amps the breaker is doing it's job.

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