breaker keeps throwing
Can anyone tell me why our main breaker at the meter keeps throwing? We've replaced it, tried over loading it....but it happens at random times, usually when nothing is being used. We have 10-3 wire r...
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enblethen wrote:
If the connector is soaking wet it could be enough to trip breaker.
We need to wait for the OP to say:
What kind of circuit it is. If it is a 15/20 amp then he is tripping a GFCI.
I have seen 30 amp outlets completly under boiling water and the breaker did not trip.. I have used hot-steam type vaporizors that had more metal in the salted (To make it more conductive) water than you find inside a TT-30 outlet and they ran on 14 amps or less.
SO unless that outlet is a GFCI.. I do not see wet outlet on end of line being the issue.
Intermittnat short inside connection (plug or outlet) or GFCI breaker are the only options I see.
