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Originally Posted by nynor
okay, you electrically minded stijners, i am having an issue with the main breaker for my house. it is labeled at 100 AMPS, it keeps tripping. this summer it is really bad. much worse than last summer. if we have the window AC going (15A), the dryer going (30A) and the refrigerator kicks on (15A?), it will trip. of course, we do have other stuff going, like lights and a small fan. but, with just that stuff, it will trip.
if i have the computer going (10A?) and the other stuff above is going, it will trip for sure.
do circuit breakers wear out or get 'tired'? it is driving me a bit nuts.
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Probably a current spike caused by one of those compressors (or any electric motor) turning on. Motors will draw much more (like several times more) current when they first turn on. It only lasts a few milliseconds so a fuse would be fine but the circuit breaker reacts faster and will trip.
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