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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I experienced a situation where a breaker tripped while I was doing remodeling on my house.Went out to reset it and it didn't feel right like the breaker wasn't snapping back into place and felt mushy. Figured the thing needed replacing so I removed it from the buss bar and what I saw surprised me (not shocked). The breaker I removed along with the next one below it were burnt looking and the plastic surfaces where they were in contact with each other were cracked and the two breakers appeared moist, not dripping wet. I assumed that condensation caused a low level short between the two breakers and eventually one failed?
I then recalled a similar situation I'd seen at another breaker panel of a friend of mine where there was condensation that was shorting out a few breakers and, since this was at night, you could see this light show which was very troubling to watch. Assuming there was no leakage of water from an external source like rain or sprinklers, how does all this moisture get in there?
By the way, the moisture did cause the breakers to fail and trip.
I then recalled a similar situation I'd seen at another breaker panel of a friend of mine where there was condensation that was shorting out a few breakers and, since this was at night, you could see this light show which was very troubling to watch. Assuming there was no leakage of water from an external source like rain or sprinklers, how does all this moisture get in there?
By the way, the moisture did cause the breakers to fail and trip.
