How To Replace a Circuit Breaker - All You Need To Know
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- How to replace a bad circuit breaker in the circuit breaker panel box at your home. My 30 amp 2 pole breaker failed on me and all of the sudden there was no hot water. The water heater breaker went out so I thought I might as well make a video on how to replace a circuit breaker while I'm at it. Hope you like it, I'll see you in the comments section!
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I'm an electrician of 55yrs---you did a good job----Jim
Wow. 55 years is incredible!! Your experience is older than me. 😅 And thank you Jim!
The bonus footage was sooo important because it literally confirmed my suspicions of a breaker I’m dealing with it’s not that the other information wasn’t as important but that little bit did it for me and I can go straight to the source of my problem with confidence thank you!
Great video! And the dad joke at the end....classic!
All good info. Only things I would mention for anyone watching, is to stick with the breakers rated for your panel. Yes GE, Homeline, BR, and others will interchange and work just fine, but if they are not specifically listed for that specific panel I could see an issue in the event of fire or other insurance related event.
Also, not a big fan of any power tools (impact driver) when tightening electrical screw terminals, especially in a panel. Over-tightening a screw can be just as bad as under-tightening. Breakers are receptacles have rated torque values and it's often lower than people would think.
All great pointers! Thank you for explaining that!
I use an adjustable torque screwdriver to torque it to manufacturer required specifications. Wiha and Wera makes nice torque screwdriver sets.
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Awesome! Love to hear that! Thank you and may your $25 turn into $50/hr in a speedy manner! God bless you and yours as well!
I’m in HVAC school and we’re having the heating exam coming up this week so I’ve been binging all you heating vids and they’ve been helping a ton. They are really reinforcing all the small things I missed in class and I feel a lot more confident now. You have definitely earned my subscription.
Btw, my instructors post a lot of your videos on our canvas page for us to watch.
Great to hear that the videos have been helpful, thank you for the comment! Good luck in school, become a legend out there!!
And that's awesome! Love it! I am honored that some of the videos are good enough to even be shared by your instructor. 👍👍
Not an electrician, but am an electrical engineer. Please make sure you are using insulated gloves and insulated hand tools when working on electrical panels, live or not. It only takes a small accident to become seriously injured or worse, and many household tools are insulated to 1000v and would work fine in this instance. The 240v coming in on your main from the distribution transformer can absolutely kill you, and it's still live at the top of the panel even when you turn off the main (unless you have an exterior disconnect). Stay safe!
Fine we’ll hire you how much??!!!!
so true, you only get one chance to screw up with high voltage!
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so i can die if i dont do it right
Stick to being an engineer… there’s no reason to wear hot gloves here
Another excellent video! Very clear and detail with step by step explanation and demonstration. Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge and experience! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Glad to hear the video was clear and easy to understand, thank you!! And thanks for stopping by Kim, Have a fabulous weekend!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Very clear explanation
This was a great Educational video jay...now im more confident in changing breakers 👍🙂 blessings my friend..
welcome back Jay :D love to watch every video from you.
Hi Jay. I’m a subscriber. I really enjoy your videos and you “dad humor “. As someone who has done plenty of electrical work (not an electrician), I keep up with codes to the best of my ability. NEC code requires that the terminations in electrical panel, seps or sub-panels be torqued to manufacturer’s specifications. The simplest way is to first connect the wire with a screwdriver or low torque drill. Next using a torque screwdriver, apply the correct amount of inch lbs as listed on the breaker. Now you can insert the breaker and flip it to the on position. In this senecio you can buy a much cheaper torque screwdriver. Look up the prices and you’ll see that. Trust me that’s simply the best way to avoid under or over torquing. Both can cause serious problems. Stay safe!
I have greatly appreciated these videos. You have taught me a ton about HVAC and probably saved me $1,000s.
Awesome! That's what I love to hear! Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment good sir! 👍👍
How's your day going so far
Great video, as always. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you! I appreciate you stopping by and leaving a comment.
Have a phenomenal weekend good sir!
Another solid video Jay. Thanks
thanks jay on the tips on troubleshooting the breaker very helpful have a great day be safe
Really appreciate your videos, thanks!
Video is great. Gave thumbs up for raisin' awareness.
Excellent Video! very usefull in real situations!
Thanks Jay and have a blessed day
Thank you Bob! May your weekend bring you abundant blessings as well!
love how you're raisin awareness! 👍
I try 😄
Excellent presentation. Thank you
Thank you very much jay🙏 for another great video 👍🤗
You're welcome! Glad you liked the video!! 👍😊
Awesome tutorial thank you so much
"It's about raisin awareness." Gotta love the dad jokes! lol
Didn't have hot water a couple years ago - looked at the breaker and it was on (even pushed on it). I figured it was time to replace the elements so made the drive on sketchy, winter roads to the box store 10 miles away and picked up a couple of replacements. When I got home and prepared to replace them, for giggles, I did an off/on flip on the breaker and I could hear it kick on! A few minutes later, I had hot water! Not sure what happened or why ... but it's been working fine ever since. I'll give the tapping tip a try and maybe think about replacing the breaker. Thanks!
very well done. thank you for sharing
Outstanding video buddy! Thanks again for sharing raisin awareness!!! 😆
Thanks man!! Haha glad you liked the raisin awareness bit 😂
Great Video. Thank you for sharing
You bet! Thank you for stopping by for the new video. Have a great weekend good sir!!
Clear concise information.
Thank you!
great video ty, this will help so much.
Congrats on 400k!
Thanks Ben!! It's looking like this year will be the last year I am in the lead though. 😄 Congrats on your explosive growth bro!! Keep making more videos on the topics that performed the best for you. 👍👍👍 The rate you are going at, you should hit 500k by the end of next year. That's pretty sweet man. You're good at what you do, God bless you in all your future ventures!
Good refreshing tutorial
Glad to hear that, thank you!
Thank you, a very helpful video!
Great video. I've got a bad breaker that appears to be on, but no power coming out. Your video was perfect.
Thank you, glad it helped!
Thanks for some more good information
Another awesome video 👍👍👍
Thank you Harry!! I hope your weekend is going great and will get even more wonderful!!
Well done video, informative. And a funny guy. Grapes, who knew?
A very good and educational D I Y video. Electric circuits are about power percentage. A 19.2 Amp rating on a 2-pole 25 Amp breaker is ok. The 25 amp 2 pole breaker may cost more than a 2 pole 30. I replaced the heating element in an A O Smith water heater. I was amazed that a 2 pole 20 Amp breaker had run the water heater for years. The owner did not want to buy the proper breaker. I am waiting for a call to return someday soon when the hot water stops working again lol
20 amp is good for water heater. continuous load require 1.25Xrated current however continuous load is defined as run continuously 3hr+, therefore 20 amp is good for most of the time. note that per inspection wise, X1.25 in breaker selection is necessary.
Great information
very helpful..thanks
I love This channel ❤️
Awesome, Thank you.
Excellent!
Thank you Sir, I have the same problem, water heater not turning on and the loosen switch of the Circuit Breaker.
Very helpful
Good job
Excellent vid Jay ... Good explanation as well ... And thank you for '' raising awareness's '' on the fruit's and veggies we consume 🤣😅😂
Thank you Eddy!! Glad you liked the video and the raisins! Lol 😂
Have a marvelous weekend my friend!!
Thanks for sharing .. what causes these to break since you really dont ever touch these. ? do they have a spring in them that just wears out and snaps . one of mine keeps tripping for some reason so i need to replace it and see if that is what the problem is
The breakers were GE and Square D ( not HO). The “ hooks are anchored on a BUS bar.
My comments are to say, Hi great video. FYI I worked for a major hardware store in the electrical department. Yes, it can be scary to work with electrical however, safety and caution is always best to follow. Great video.
Homeline ("HO") IS Square D ...you need to brush up on how to identify breakers sir. Also, you must NEVER, EVER, install ANYTHING other than the specific type AND BRAND in any panel, especially on the high current double pole types for water heaters, ranges, dryers and air conditioners. I have seen way too many damaged panels and serious fires caused by "handymen" and especially plumbers and HVAC hacks using the wrong type. (40 yrs. electrician.)
I have a question jay so I have a 30amp for my hot water heater when the old heater was token out it was leaking at the heat elements and water was evey where then it made a pop electrical spark so should i change my breaker for new one .?
I love your videos man. Great job 👍
Hi Jay, I follow some of your videos, and it's really great. My question is do you have any regular job or are you working for yourself as HVAC/Electrician or working for a company in Hawaii?
Literally every home project I do the first time, I make AT LEAST one mistake which is fine because I can usually just redo it or buy a part to replace. Thats how we learn. The one thing you cannot do is make a mistake with high voltage. You can be killed or crippled for life and this will affect your whole family. This is a good educational video but it's definitely worth it to have a licensed electrician do this if you are untrained. Your life is worth more than the hundred bucks or so it will cost to have an electrician do this for you. And I am not an electrician btw.
Me also. I had to learn to fix around my home because everyone was charging what I felt was excessive, like $425 to replace a $300 microwave. I came to TH-cam and switched it out myself in 2 hours. I have time but not money like that. Now I'm going to replace my fuse 🤞
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're welcome!!
Hey, I got a question. I jumped my furnace the heat is on, but the outside fan is on
per continuous load, times 1.25. hence in your case, 18.8x1.25 is the breaker size. the closest available breaker is 25 amp so 25 is optimum。however since 25 amp breakers are less common in the market, 30 amp ones are always found in similar cases
Ah interesting! So actually a 25 amp breaker in my case was even better than the 30. Thank you for clarifying and confirming that!
First time watching your video and I really liked the way you approached the topic, quick and detailed. If there was one suggestion I could make, the focus keeps shifting to the closest object on the screen and that is sometimes very disorienting. If you shot a little wide, or shifted to the manual focus on your phone, it will not shift focus on your intermittently.
Thank you!! I appreciate the suggestion! I am actually using a nice camera but obviously dont know how to use it well.. It focusing on the wrong things really irritates me too, I've been trying my best to fix that in later videos. By taking a wide shot, do you mean zooming out and not filming so up close and then zoom in manually while editing the video?
While watching your good video, I noticed that since you have a sub-panel, (Main panel is outside) the original installer, rather than install a ground bar, took out the bar that ties the two neutral bars together. In the top left you have a 2P 50Acb. On the ground bar, it looks as though the white, possibly neutral was landed on the ground panel incorrectly. Also, I could not tell if the bonding jumper was installed from the now ground bar to the back can.
I have a question. If the hook on the bottom accidentally breaks, is it still OK? I don't have alot of money to replace it. I am slowly changing out the old ones with new ones.
Thanks
You bet! Thanks for stopping by Michael. Hope your weekend is treating you well and will only get better as it goes on!
very ice Thank you
Thank you, good explanation.
First of all, thanks so much for such a simple to follow, thorough video. It was incredibly helpful for my first circuit breaker replacement. Although I'm hoping you can at least point me in the right direction as what to do next. My dryer went out. Checking the outlet with the multimeter first, I found that one of the legs didn't read on the multimeter. Then I went in the box. Checking the breaker, it didn't read anything at all. So I think it's the breaker and replace it. Problem is it still doesn't read anything on the multimeter. Is it time to call an electrician? Thanks again!
Sorry to hear about the breaker troubles! So on one side of the circuit breaker you are not getting 120v coming out? Are you measuring to neutral or to ground? What if you try taking out the air conditioner breaker and put that in instead? Still the same problem? Perhaps a loose or disconnected wire then? Keep the dryer unplugged while doing this too. Until you make sure that the breaker is putting out 240v. Just some thoughts I got when reading your comment, hope that gives you some ideas to look into. Good luck!
If I need to replace a 15 with a 20 or 30, do I need to replace all of the wires?
How do I test the breaker with a multi meter? There's no power to the outlets our dryer and lights were plugged in. Thanks in advance.
You should torque the circuit breaker screws to the correct setting, usually written on the breaker somewhere. I see an unmarked (to black) white wire connected as a hot wire to the breaker also.
You're funny and cute :) I enjoyed the raisin awareness ;) on a serious note, great info.
Instructions unclear. I've been turned into a burned human potato chip.
Even if you live you're spending the rest of your life in crippling pain and disabled. This is not a good project to just learn as you go.
Which brand is compatible with GE breakers?
Nice presentation1 👍
Pleasant accent ..... where are you from?
Question: My GFI breaker trips often. Should it be replaced or is it a greater issue? Only using Keurig coffee pot.
I replace my GFCI's whenever they start tripping. I've never had a larger issue cause them to trip. They go bad.
Try your pot on a different circuit first. If the pot trips the other GFI then its your pot. If not its your GFI. Be sure your GFI is rated correctly though.
The way you checked that voltage made me nervous. The point of using one hand for both is that if you do get shocked it only affects the hand.
According to other videos, the white line needs to be taped or marked red, as it is not a neutral for 240 volts. Other wise very good video.
The joke at the end was more dangerous to my health than the electricity 😂
I probably wouldn’t use an impact driver to tighten a screw terminal….. just my opinion
Is there a risk of over tightening and smashing/pinching the wires? Would this cause a small decrease in power?
More often the wires are under-tightened than over-tightened. You would have to really crank down hard to actually damage them to the point where it will effect performance.
FYI Sometimes you just have to cycle the breaker switch after it's tripped because it looks normal an untripped.
I wouldn't recommend changing a breaker if you dont have much experience.
You could really hurt yourself here.
I only agree! 👍
i usually buy another house.
How can someone message you with a question? I have a question about a hvac system?
The peak wattage can be handled by a lower breaker (within a certain range), but you will wear that breaker out sooner than the proper one.
How to teplace the main breaker 100 ampere?
So if I have a 15 amp breaker can I put a 20 amp in it instead of the 15 amp
You can if you have 12 gauge wire in place. If its 14 gauge, you have to stay with the 15A breaker
Was replacing a bulb and when i tried to turn the lights on there was a spark at that bulb and a loud pop. The lights don't work in that room anymore. If anyone can help please let me know
I cut a piece of cardboard to friction fit between the panel side and just cover the main lugs . That reduces my chance of an errant touch. Also , you can use gas line rubber hose to slide over any screwdriver shanks that are bare metal.
Loving the jokes 👍
Lol, glad to hear that! 😄
What if... at first the smaller breaker kept tripping and I kept reseting it. Then after a while it stopped tripping but now the main breaker trips
There may be some instances where you may not be able to turn off power to the whole building, especially in commercial applications, you have to work with a live panel and just have that one breaker off
Not saying that it's right but sometime we have to do what needs to be done
If you don't feel comfortable working on your breaker. Just hope you're comfortable paying an electrician a small fortune
Yes you can save money by doing it yourself but that money could also be needed for your funeral costs or permanent disability instead. Is your life worth more than a couple hundred bucks?
You should always check the easiest thing first !
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Others mentioned already, but there is no master disconnect evident here - is this a subpanel, so all power might be turned off coming in? All his casual work with the breaker replacement, is around a live circuit, and once the breaker's out, that bus bar is exposed and hot. All it takes is something contacting the neutral, ground, or box wall with a screwdriver slipping, or similar, and a short can occur in a second. I hate to see those live main lines totally uncovered, when there are plastic covers readily available now which at least give a layer of protection.
2 terminals coming out of the breaker?
For the Black & white wires.
It's a 240volt line so in north America we have split phase power. 120v from each leg to ground or 240v to each other. A standard 120v breaker would be half the size with just one terminal. GFCI/ and arc fault breakers typically monitor the ground/neutral of each circuit, so they will.have two terminals.
Technically, it should be a 25 amp breaker but a 30 is used out of convenience most of the time. ( Typical element draw on a water heater is 18 amps.... multiply the load by 125% , per code, and it's 22.5 amps using the next size up breaker giving you a 25 amp breaker). Another commonly oversized breaker is the well pump breaker.....same logic and math results in a 15 amp breaker which should be used instead of the commonly used 20 amp breaker.
What about wearing rubber gloves when handling that door ?
Could you have used the good side of that 240 breaker for a single pole 120 breaker? lol
I've never tried that but you probably could! 😄
You should not be using a power tool on the breaker. You also are supposed to torque the screws to proper torque. Per NEC. (Listed on the breaker). Otherwise a nice video.
Why are the 2 legs black and white? I would expect the for the 2 hot legs, one would be black and the other one red.
White should be taped with black tape. It’s probably a 240V circuit so no neutral is required
great tip........raisin awareness , eat more dried grapes🙃
the cover i have is so different