Skip to main content
Home Improvement

You are not logged in. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.

We welcome edits that make the post easier to understand and more valuable for readers. Because community members review edits, please try to make the post substantially better than how you found it, for example, by fixing grammar or adding additional resources and hyperlinks.

Required fields*

4
  • Is the breaker tripping when you use a vacuum cleaner? These can pull 12 A so it is easy to overload a 15 A circuit with a vacuum cleaner. You might try using a 15 or 20 ft extension cord and plugging the vacuum into a receptacle on a different circuit. Commented Oct 11, 2017 at 15:10
  • You should analyze why the breaker is tripping -- is it simply due to having every light in the house on, is it due to using a window AC unit, the vacuum? If there isn't an identifiable cause there is a non-trivial chance that you're seeing an intermittent short somewhere. Commented Oct 12, 2017 at 2:29
  • Are these GFCI or AFCI breakers or just old standard breakers? Commented Oct 12, 2017 at 14:43
  • 1
    Another potential is poor wiring. I lived in a house as a child that my parents bought from what can only be described as a complete liability. The lights in the house upstairs didn't work unless the hallway light downstairs was on, and it just got worse from there. They ended up replacing all of the cablings in several rooms after finding that in some places he had used Telephone Cable for lighting. Hence the constant trips. If you're unsure of electrical provenance, definitely, check that your house doesn't have electrical issues like this! Commented Oct 12, 2017 at 15:13