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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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D, at my old old house I had a whopping 80 amp service. I had to move circuits around to even up the load. I put up with that for over 20 years. When I was ready to sell it I was told to get the service upgraded to 200 amp. It was a simple fix and I should have done it 19 years before.
And yes a breaker will indeed get more sensitive after repeated use. I had one breaker that I had to replace with the same size breaker and that solved the problem. Electricians say that brand can make a difference as well. The cheap Chinese stuff if not the same protection as the high end good stuff.