Trouble Shoot Tripping Breaker

480sparky

Megger.

More to the point: Does your electrician know what it is?

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DaVinciRemodel

I'll quiz him tomorrow!

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Inner10

I think the real name is megometer, they run a much higher voltage signal then a multimeter so you can test the insulation value of connection/wire.

If you had a ground wire that could be arcing against a live the megohmeter would help find it. Twice I've found clock plugs that had the live arcing against the ground WTF (I didn't install them but I did find out why the breaker kept tripping).

I recall doing a home theatre a few years back with a Lutron slider-dimmer and when you flicked the switch you could see a nice flash inside. The electrician said it was normal for switches.

DaVinciRemodel

He knows what it is - has one - but doesn't know if it will work in the situation.

He'll study-up and ask a few questions. He'll need to - breaker tripped again this afternoon.

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480sparky

Uh, meggers are the first thing to find damaged wires, and these said damaged wires can cause an AFCI to trip..........

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Celtic

Send him over here ....he'll get more answers/info/opinion than he cares to get

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DaVinciRemodel

He's gone elk huntin for the weekend. There will be no updates until next week.

God I love this business!

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Electric_Light

This can be tough. My kitchen lighting breaker kept tripping and I couldn't figure out why. Turns out it was chaffed wire shorting to the frame in vent hood over the range. It would short out intermittently depending on vibration, temperature, etc.

220/221

We do but we like to keep it a secret.


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bfrosty

several of the same type situations on early Arc Fault breakers adn Ideal push in quick connector. (similar to Halo quick connectors) seemed that mechanical vibration had just enough effect on the tensioned spring, created enough ARC to trip the breaker after a year + or - a couple of months. Went through all cans and rewired with wing nuts.