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In Reply to: Can circuit breaker's limit current draw before tripping? (nt) posted by hexenboden on June 9, 2004 at 08:44:36:
I've had circuit breakers in 40 year old tract homes act 'funny' in the past. Here in California, the older tract home I lived in had a number of breakers that started popping just by turning on the power amp.I ended pulling all of them out and re-lubing the rails with anti-oxidant paste (available from Home Depot and electrical suppliers). This helped with about 80% of the breakers. The rest of them had to be replaced. This also fixed my problem with the dryer popping its breakers, too.
Warning/disclaimer: Don't try this yourself if you're not sure what you're doing - you *can* be killed.
Most probably the biggest problems can be traced to poor connections in the house wiring. I've seen corroded grounds, untightened connections on chained outlets, and all sorts of illegal wiring from room additions that can be factored into the question here.
Gremilins all, they are.
Cheers,
David
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- Factor in age, however..... - doodlebug 22:39:22 06/13/04 (0)
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