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saint:
I'm with Chad. Spend the money and don't kill anyone.

Ed_McCarron:

--- Quote from: hypernova on March 03, 2007, 08:53:31 am ---I actually did that three times before giving up on it and acknowledging that maybe it was the breaker.
I did a simple test today.  I moved the wires going into that breaker into the breaker designated for the oven (of course I disconnected the oven.)  Works like a charm.
And even more proof?  The breaker for the range STILL trips off even when nothing is connected to it.

So how do I pull a breaker switch out?  Simply yank?

--- End quote ---

The breaker trips when theres nothing on the load side?

Probably the breaker - but err on the side of caution and get the wiring that was there checked out.

Theres 2 types of disconnects in a breaker, thermal and instantaneous.  Thermal trips when you pull 20.1A out of a 20A breaker for 15 minutes.  Think of it as a slo-blo fuse.  Instantaneous trips when you plug in a shorted appliance.

Too many trips of either kind will weaken the breaker to the point where it needs to be replaced.  If you arbitrarily replace it, you could do more damage than good if your house burns down because the new breaker let those 20.1A heat up the wiring to the point of no return.

Its a long shot, but be safe and let a pro check it out.

FrizzleFried:
There are two things I just try not to mess with...

ELECTRICITY and a WOMAN SCORNED.

You are asking for trouble with both...

hypernova:
All right!  YOU WIN!

But only because I can't pull the damn breaker out without fearing that I'm gonna break something else.  That thing's in there pretty good.

--- Quote ---The breaker trips when theres nothing on the load side?
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Correct.  No hot OR neutral wire is even connected to it, and it still trips off.

The range works fine when connected to the oven's breaker (same amperage and such switch)  No trips.  The damn switch is broken.

I'll use this as an excuse to possibly get another breaker looked at.  It's been off for a few years now.  Now THAT one I think there's a short somewhere.  (It controls the floodlights to the back deck AND the outlets in the main bathroom.  Don't look at me, I didn't wire it that way.  Her family did.) :dunno

hypernova:
Just had a guy come in.  (Someone my mom knew who services all kinds of things at the condo association she lives in.)

The problem?  2 bad breakers.  Glad to know I was right all along, and now the other breaker will be fixed, so we'll have a fully functional house!

Watched him dislodge the switch.  Just took a flathead to the inside portion of the switch, and beat it outwards, and it popped loose.  He's doing all this without even cutting the power.  Playing with cords and the tightening screws and such.  I ain't doing that.

Hell, he even touched the incoming wires that come from the outside with his bare hands.  I don't care what I saw, I will never ever ever do that.

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