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  1. G

    This doesn't seem up to code / safe (small gauge wire to 100 amp breaker in an outbuilding)

    Last year we purchased a home that was built in the late 1990s It has one outbuilding, sort of a barn/shed about 160 feet from the house (and probably closer to 280' from the utility connection on the far side of the home), which has a breaker box in it supplying three 20A circuits (lights on...
  2. M

    Homeline 50 Amp 2-Pole GFCI Circuit Breaker Tripping with tiny load

    Hello, I had an electrician install a 100Amp subpanel which feeds a mini split. I addition I added a Homeline 50A GFCI breaker to power a shed. I ran 80feet of 6/3 direct burial cable into a breaker panel in the shed. Here I tied the Neutral and Ground on the same bar. Neutral and ground are not...
  3. O

    4 pole 3 phase breaker

    I have above mentioned breaker which does not have any markings to show which is the neutral pathway, I wish to fit it directly above a 3 phase 4 way surge protector which has its neutral on the right hand side and so would ideally want to connect the neutral above it on the right hand side of...
  4. S

    Strange pool pump breaker tripping

    I have a 20 amp gfci pool pump breaker that trips only when the pump is off during the night. Pool pump runs fine all day. I turn pump off manually at night by using the manual switch on a Intermatic pool timer. Watch it for 5 minutes and note that breaker remains in on position. Go out in...
  5. sshdsilverado

    Testing sqD GFCI breaker

    Weekend sparker here, I have a sqd 2 pole 50amp GFCI breaker it was mounted out side in a service box, have not had a problem till now 3yrs old, it trips instantly when rest, with the breaker out of the box, I check resistance across the load side of the breaker from either load 1 to neutral or...
  6. S

    Fuse to Circuit Breaker Equivalence

    Replace of 45amp Fuse with 50amp CB on 10mm2 cable? Is this okay because of the 0.9 derating of fuse to overloads and because 10mm2 can handle 50Amp current. Installation in air equivalent double brick unit?
    • SparkyAus
    • Thread
    • ausie elec breaker circuit circuit breaker fuse
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia
  7. S

    Choosing the correct circuit breaker value

    Hello. So, I would like to know how I can choose the correct circuit breaker value when doing a new installation. My example is: I have 16 rooms. Each room has its own electrical board (main breaker is a 220v, 32A, a lighting cb and one for socket outlets) I want to add a LV switchboard or a...
  8. W

    What type of circuit breaker would be used for a three phase circuit?

    Hi , Currently doing a design project in college and I need to pick a circuit breaker ( In device rating and type) for a food holding equipment unit that requires a 16A 400V three phase and neutral supply that is supplied by 5 core SWA. I think I should pick a 16A 3P+N RCBO but wasn't completely...
  9. B

    Spur off ring breaker

    Hi, looking for some advice on what I have seen at my mums house when I took the cover off the consumer unit. 32A breaker, labelled kitchen socket ring, 3 wires coming out of it. All look like 2.5mm2, two of them are same shade of brown so I suspect they will be the ring, and another to an...
  10. K

    Why did 60 Amp breaker pop

    New member and DIY. I have a 60 AMP breaker going to a sub panel for a workshop. Two months ago I bought an electric car and a 40 AMP charger that I wired a 50 AMP breaker to my sub panel. I charge from midnight to 7 am and everything has been fine for 2 months. Last night the main 60 AMP...
  11. K

    I have a 5 hp planer with magnetic switch. The planer trips the 30 amp breaker on the generator

    I am not an electrician, but have one that is not very familiar wit generators. The planer is a 5 hp 20” grizzly planer with magnetic switch and overload protection ( grizzly told me the starting amps are about 60amps) The generator is a duromax 12000 watt generator with a breaker that trips at...
  12. G

    Unused double 20 amps breaker in my old 1 bedroom appartment?

    Hi I have a 1 bedroom appartment from 1954. I opened my breaker box to find out what the extra double 20 amp was used for and I realized that it's disconnected. 15 amp goes for the lighting and the plug 120V outlets of the appartment. 20 amp the whole kitchen double 20 amp is the hot water 40...
  13. _KaCe_

    Trouble shoot why a ground fault circuit breaker keeps tripping.

    I installed outdoor lighting and outlets. I finished this past year. I passed my inspection on April 2022. I was so pleased, BUT now the circuit the outlets are on has a problem... the circuit keeps tripping. Question 1: I was wondering if there's a way to test the circuit breaker itself? Then...
    • _KaCe_
    • Thread
    • breaker circuit circuit breaker fault ground keeps testing tripping trouble
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  14. L

    Replace old fuse wires with circuit breaker?

    This appears in our Building & Pest report: "Safety switch installed, old fuse wire fuses still in use, recommend replace with circuit breakers." The home was built in the 1980s. Are old fuse wires dangerous? How dangerous are they? What are the risks of replacing with circuit breakers? Are...
  15. S

    monitor AORUS FI27Q - tripped breaker.

    Hello. I had a good monitor AORUS FI27Q. Two weeks ago when i was sleeping monitor was on. When i woke up all electricity went down. After switching 2 small breakers power back . Pc works fine. But monitor was not turned back. I sended to rma. Here is shop RMA message: Shop:"They changed some...
  16. spark22

    40 amp breaker for 32amp hob?

    Installing an electric hob that needs a 32 amp supply. Would it possible to use a 40amp breaker with a 32amp fuse switch?
  17. M

    Need to upsize subpanel supply breaker

    I would like to ask advice on a breaker size. Back in 2001 I turned my garage into a woodworking shop with several 240v machines. To power them I put in a 100 amp subpanel supplied by an 80 foot run of 4 gauge romex (two hots, neutral and ground) from the main panel under the house to the...
  18. SEGOVIA123

    Garage and House Circuits—problems with circuit breaker tripping in Garage

    Hi My main feed comes into the garage, feeds into the meter and then out to another box with a 60AMP fuse then into the house consumer unit. There are tails feeding the consumer unit in the garage, which up until recently didn't have any RCD protection. As part of a recent...
  19. J

    Can't install Pushmatic breaker

    I am having difficulty installing a Pushmatic twin 15 amp circuit breaker, part number P1515. The breaker has a tab on the back which bumps into the panel opening preventing insertion of the breaker. I wondering: 1) what is the purpose of the tab? 2) should I not try to use the breaker? and...
  20. A

    Can Wylex plug-in MCB be tripped by anything but overcurrent/short circuit?

    Hello, I have an old 16A Wylex SK type B plug-in breaker in the fuse box in my garage which keeps tripping, and every time (and only at that time) the 32A one of the same type supplying the whole garage in my home's main box also trips. It isn't happening fast, sometimes it takes days to happen...
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