I have had the same appliances, television and computer connected to the same 15amp circuit for at least a year. However last night I connected a lamp to that circuit and it tripped the breaker. When I reset the breaker with the lamp disconnected within a second the breaker tripped again. Next I disconnect all the appliances from that circuit (resulting in no load on the circuit) and tried resetting the breaker again. The same thing happened the breaker tripped again almost immediately. In this scenario would I be safe in assuming the circuit breaker is bad and should be resplaced? Thank you in advance for your assistance.
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The breaker itself my have lost it's amp capacity. Unplug everything and plug in one item at a time to see if what may be tripping it. If the breaker trips with nothing plugged into it needs a new replacement breaker.
You can take the same devices and plug them into another 15 amp circuit and see if it trips up that breaker.
The breaker itself my have lost it's amp capacity. Unplug everything and plug in one item at a time to see if what may be tripping it. If the breaker trips with nothing plugged into it needs a new replacement breaker.
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