Breaker is tripping | BeJane.com

Welcome, Guest

Electrical and Lighting	Select your forum:
By Topic > Electrical and Lighting > Breaker is tripping

Topic: Breaker is tripping

patricialmcclure

Mon, 04/02/2007 - 10:52am

Breaker is tripping

I was going to shower this morning but there was no hot water. I checked the breaker box and the breaker to the hot water tank had tripped. I flipped it back on and about 30 minutes later (after the water got hot), it tripped again. Any ideas?

Bookmark/Search this post with:

Probably a failing heater

jeffe_verde writes:

Thu, 04/26/2007 - 8:21pm

Probably a failing heater element in the water heater. I assume the water heater is on a dedicted circuit, so that makes it easy to isolate the problem. It *might* be the breaker itself. With the constantly cycling load of water heater, breakers will sometimes fail.