Another superb video to help the "regular joe' homeowner to understand wiring, circuitry and home appliance trouble-shooting. We are very appreciative of your step- by- step visuals on this.

Good, simple, straightforward. Good job.

Great explanations Bill. Yes, I like your vids. Very well presented. As a mechanical and electrical designer by profession, I can honestly tell you how well your videos seem to be presented IMHO. Great job again Bill.

Thanks, Bill...for your common sense, straight forward approach, to trouble shooting a faulty circuit breaker.

Simple yet straightforward and informative!! Thanks, sir.

Thank for the great video. Just had this happen in my garage....had a thought that it might actually be the original wall breaker plugin (maybe from age). I had trouble shooted the entire system. Replaced it and all is well :) thanks for the great video! Saved me probably 300-500 bucks! Much appreciated. Thumbs up!

Thank you so much, my friend. Very helpful, and you are straight to the point.

Simple but very explanatory and detailed, thanks

explained very simple, thanks.

Thank you very much for those lessons. Very useful!

Thanks ,good video. Brief and to the point.

Thank you for showing examples!!

Thank you man ! Saved me a headache popped like 4 times in 10 mins. Never thought a weak breaker. Lol just been unplugging stuff

You just saved me so much time and frustration. I had a wire that had a gash in it where my wifi router was plugged in

Thanks, I tried to explain to my sister but she couldn’t understand me. Thanks for making it easy so I didn’t have to repeat myself or calm down because she said I was yelling at her. Plus I’m in California and she’s in Queens N.Y. and there’s no way I’m flying back East to fix an outlet during this pandemic. I love my sister but she’s going have to pay someone.

Thanks for sharing, im a new electrician working here in the philippines this kind of information helps a lot. Tanks!👏👍

Thank you so much for the educational video for this topic on why circuit breakers trip. Romano C.

That's a real amazing video bro keep it man.....!!!!

This was great. Now to make a video and find out how to find out what it was .

Think you . well done strait to the point and well explained. I have now subscribed...

Excellent job explaining things to someone no in the trade.

Thanks brother appreciate it have a merry Christmas.👍😃😃

That’s for the info ...very helpful

Many thanks to you friend...

Thanks for this.. helped me out..👍🏽

Hey Bill great video mate

We had record low temps(-30 celcius) an outdoor extn cord was causing the tripping of the circuit thanks for the help!

Very good and clear.

Thank you for helping us may you rest in peace

Wow a weak breaker never thought of that 👍👍 , good advise 👍

Great info. Thanks.

Thanks for sharing video and good tips too. Regards.

Very cool trick.. how you make trip the circuit!! Never thought about it.. With plug and two small wire!!

God bless you sir!

Informative video!

Awesome job thank you

Excellent! Thankyou

Thank you sir this video is very useful for, because I have need to do about breaker trip. 😁👌

Thank you Bill

Miss your videos

Thank you !

I enjoyed it thanks

The 3rd one you just explained can also sometimes be attributed to the bad "jaw" of a plug-in type c.b. A simple non-contact thermal detector ( very common these days because of covid-19 to check human temperature ) is pretty handy to check the circuit breaker's temperature just to make sure its contact to the busbars is up to par, otherwise excessive heat from loose, pitted and dirty jaws because of arcing, can trip a breaker even with the right current load.

Hi Bill, thank you for your informative video. My question is why my GFCI outlet is not working; it has a solid red LED on. When I plugged a GFCI tester, nothing light up. The Circuit Line is hot when I tested it with a non-contact AC Voltage Detector. I even disconnected the Load line from the outlet. I greatly appreciated for any pieces of advice.

Thanks smart guy. 😁

Thank you, NOT a lot of bla bla bla, SUPER awesome and to the point. I'd hire you in a snap

thnx for the info.

Hi Bill Great job! I was wandering? will a short between load to net. Like the screw. always trip the breaker on that wire , or can it trip Main breaker?

Crazy thing is probably all of the breaker manufacturer's inform customers in writing in their specs to change a breaker once it has tripped! I assume they say that only to cover themselves from liability. That would get expensive for owners though to change circuit breakers for everytime a breaker would trip. Good video, Bill. Jeff Journeyman Electrician

Thank you

thank you

Ty so much

Thank you champ 🤗

I hear a slight buzzing noise from the specific breaker that keeps tripping before it trips off. Unplugged all devices on that circuit, tried again. Still have the same issue. Because I’m hearing that noise, should I isolate the problem to the breaker or should I now take a look at the outlets to look for shorts?

Good sharing👍👍👍

good one

Great video! But if it touches an ungrounded metal box it won't trip the breaker and will cause that box to become energized

Thanks, I somehow managed to replace a circuit breaker and cured a problem that has been on going for months. And thanks to you, I did not have to go to the ER to pull off the installation of a new breaker.

did you make a video for the other types?

I can’t understand the dislikes here??? Guy is speaking sense ☝️💯

Do you mind answering a quick question for me....I have a chandelier from home depot that I would like to convert to a plug in, rather than a "direct connection" (not sure what that is called). There are 3 wires. Neutral, Hot and a ground wire...however the ground wire has no sheathing on it. The directions state to route all 3 wires through the chains yada yada. Well I went and bought a two prong connector....thinking that the ground wire from the chandelier will be find to be grounded to the ground wire coming out of the ceiling/box. So that wire is grounded there...I ran the other two wires along the ceiling to a ceiling mounted 3 prong outlet. I plug the two prong from the chandelier into the 3 prong outlet and my 20A breaker trips. Again the ground wire (unsheathed) from the chandelier is grounded to a ground wire hanging out of the ceiling...is it because they are on two different circuits? Any help would be awesome.

its been a while since I done any electrical work mostly forgotten everything

Thanks, I had an old breaker. It was replaced...

1. Overload due to accessories on circuit pulling more than the breaker rating. 2. Fault due to dead short. 3. Loose connection causing high resistance.

nice video for an amateur like me

Thankz

Nice

if i drilled into my wall hitting a wire, how dangerous is that should cut out the drywall and see?

Thank you for the video! My husband and I have lived in our home for 3+ years. Our bathroom and second bathroom outlets are on the same circuit along with one outlet of the lanai. We have nothing plugged in full-time. Once in awhile I was using the outlet for a vacuum but we upgraded to a wireless/cordless vacuum over a year ago. Some time a few months ago, the outlets stopped working. We didn't realize it until we purchased a Waterpik and tried to use it in the master bathroom last month. We have no idea of how long the outlets were not working as we don't use them. After searching KZfaq, we replaced the circuit breaker successfully. We plugged in a random light and it worked for a second. We have an electrician called who is coming tomorrow at the tune of $65 an hour to figure out what is wrong. Any ideas? My husband is quite handy. He is currently disconnecting the outlet in the master and then has plans on doing the same to the second bathroom).

How about when the GFCI in the bathroom (also wired to the lights) goes out after a couple hours (trips). then We can reset it and we might be good for 10 minutes or a day..? Do you think the 15 amp breaker could be going bad!?

Ahh I didnt realize Breakers too die out over time, like outlets. how many amps an outlet takes, ok cool and yes this was very helpful!

Liked, subbed, and belled.

Hi, I have 2 AFCI breakers, both tripped, 1 instantly, and 1 after a few minutes. Nothing new was plugged in into these circuits. I also tried shutting off all breakers except these 2 but they would still behave the same way. Would replacing the breaker be my first option at this point? Thanks

Hi bill this is Ed from southern California , listen I just bought a HYPER Touch 12A electric leaf blower from Walmart well yesterday I was using it and twice it popped the house braker and today I was using blower at next door neighbor house and it also popped the breaker do you know in simple tip on what can I do to fix this issue so I won't have to go and return it back to Walmart ? I really want to keep this blower and not go though the hassle of returning and all that jazz . I going to subscribe to your channel and I had few incidence when I accidentally cut my extension cord while I was using my hedge trimmer pretty scary

For a quartz heater I installed dedicated 20amp Square D circuit breaker, 12 gauge wire to a single round outlet, the wire run to panel is only 18 feet. Works great until I turn heater switch to include the second quartz element, it trips the breaker.., does that sound odd ? All components are new, should I have run 10ga wire ? Connections are snug and perfect, maybe a weak new breaker? Maybe we’re at the current draw limit of our 200 amp service panel already?

HI there ,i just install a gfi out door for a small split ac unit that uses 120v ,it trips the gfi ones ,can i use a non gfi ?What could i do? thanks

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A 4th reason: If one of the nuts in the panel is loose, it can create arcing which causes the breaker to overheat. I'm speaking of the nuts that secure the connecting bars that run from the meter socket to the breaker bus bars. I had never checked those nuts because I assummed that a panel from the factory would have tightened nuts. Not so!

Sir, if LV cable insulation damaged , then CB will be tripped? Thank you.

My platinum treadmill, when switch on immediately trips with a flash from motor. Any advice

I have a breaker that I turn it on and after a few seconds it builds a small buzz, tiny spark and trips. It won’t stay on. Any idea? We’re gonna have an electrician take a look but came across your video and thought I could ask your opinion

I just changed a plug and replaced it with a new identical one. I put the wires securely in the same places and finished the installation. I went back and turned the breaker on and it trips, along with the main breaker to the whole house. This house (my sister's place) is just over 20 years old, and the old plug socket was working but the bottom plug had a black smoke stain on it ( it still functioned). Could it be the breaker itself? It's a 15 amp Kitchen split, a double breaker.

Could you explain why one of my Light Breakers trip while the lights are turned off, Thanks

I think I have a circuit drawing 8 amps rated for 15 amps. The house is only 3 years old. I'm wondering if I should just install some LED bulbs in the bathroom or actually figure out why that one breaker has tripped twice in the past couple weeks.

Our circuit breaker keeps going back to the middle when i left home. the only appliances plugged in was the refrigerator. Do we have a bad wiring?

Help! I have one of those bubble water chillers that hold the 5gal returnable jugs. Well, about 10 mins ago I went to put a new water jug on top as I always have. When the water jug dropped down into place it caused the 15a GFCI breaker in the panel to trip. I have reset the breaker and tried eliminating different sources, however, it only now trips with the water chiller. Something happened when I put the new water jug on top of it. All internal wires appear to be in normal configuration. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. I have been using this water chiller for several years (indoors) I have never had a issue before. Calling an electrician would surely cost more than a new water chiller. I would really like some insight on what is going on. Thanks.

Mine trips when I turn my heater on and it never did that before. I tried unplugging stuff but still no luck, I hate this camper!!!!

Hi I installed and replaced one of my breaker for my living room and I took out the old one and put the new one. After turning on the main breaker my family heard a loud pop in the living room. Is that a normal sound after installation??? Just curios. Everything is working fine now but just want to know????

Whats the most you can put in a 20Amp breaker is it 125%? If its not continious?

How do you know which one it is? We have a duel pole that only runs one thing an air conditioner. Well, this year I have noticed after turning it on and leaving for my uncles for a week, or 4 days, I come home(to check the house as its only 45 minutes away) and find the breaker has been tripped. I don't want to spend money getting a new air conditioner if it is a cheaper fix of just maybe the outlet being old or the breaker. As another outlet that ran an air conditioner had an issue with its breaker but it wouldn't run for more than 30 minutes. This one is running for at least a few days before tripping.

Hi Bill, I have very strange problem ----- Mcb trips with or without load after 8 to 10 minutes. I did try replacing it, but the problem remains the same. What could be the problem?

Even My inverter ac is turned off my breaker is trippin , (it is newly installed) . Can u help me how to / what to check first?

Hi can any shed sum lite on my electrics in my home?? Workin ok then started to trip every 20mins I plugged my martingale socket tester in all dwn stairs sockets n found their was an earth fault, so replaced the front, n it was ok but its now tripped one side ov my dwn stairs sockets,, got me peeved off now,, any advice a real help🙏thanks

WITH MY LUCK IM WITHOUT LIGHT TONIGHT. MAIN BREAKER TRIPPED & EVERYTHINGS CLOSED DURING COVID19 AT 8PM. FML! And it's going to be the coldest night of April. 34 degrees

Commentary doesn't get reply only because when the KZfaqr gets a lot of views on his video, but he does not know that he always have to reply each and every comments to help his viewers in need because his video is all about problem solving.

Hi! I am currently renovating my second bathroom. I will be replacing an old electrical baseboard with a new one. While researching books and the internet, I now have a better understanding of electrical circuit and the max safe operating load. When I investigated other circuit in the house, I found a circuit with a 2000 watts baseboard, plus a 750 watts baseboard in another room and finally a 2000 watts heating fan in another room. This makes for a total of 4,750 watts. Now, in the breaker panel, for this circuit, the breaker is a 240 volts 20 amp. Am I correct to say that it is not safe? If I replace the breaker with a 30 amp, would I sleep much better? Thanks for the good video.

my breaker is popping just running like 8 outside bulbs. no water getting in, wiring is good. the breaker is as old as the home so 23 years. they stay on awhile before they go off. does this sound like a breaker is going bad?

what you don't have a main switch to turn off power,to change beaker

Why did you stop making videos? These are great!

the heater element are ok,,,high limit switch,,, and breaker also, is a brand new unit