How to troubleshoot a circuit breaker
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ม.ค. 2020
- This video will show you how to reset, test and troubleshoot circuit breaker in your breaker panel. I have used screw driver to open penal cover and digital multimeter to test for voltage.
This video is only for educational purposes. If not experienced working on live circuits get ahold of local electrician.
Just put the playback at 1.5 speed he talks normal if you do.
Omg, I scrolled down too late. Tested and you’re 100% right
Lol so true. What a time savings
thanks for the tip!!
I thought he was drunk at first!
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Play at 1.25x or 1.5x speed if you value your time and sanity.
lol sooooo true
1.25X and he sounds normal! Lol...
Took me half a minute to doze off
You, sir - are a legend. I never knew there were 3 positions in the breaker. So I did the full reset and now it works!! Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge! So far you are the only one who mentioned that other than bad, outlet or switch their could be a broken wire! Which I think is in my case either a broken wire, short in the wirings due to rain water or old wirings got corroded. Last but not least there may well be chewed on wire due to critters bitting!
Thank you so much. Half of my kitchen wall wasn't working as I was using the microwave. I searched and I found you and boom. You fixed it for me. I've never opened the box that has the breakers before so I feel like a manly man now.
You keep full chicken and try
Chicken got angry
Your wife’s boyfriend must be proud of you
@@OldHickoryTN she was saying ooooo Wooo oooo. Touching my biceps. Twas good.
Exact video I needed. Thank you so much. You saved my marriage.
All other videos were mostly useless. The person filming kept dicking around but you were clear and to the point.
My dryer works now. Thanks again buddy
Thank you! Dryer stopped working, after a couple of days looking at the worst case scenarios, I checked the breaker itself and it wasn't seated properly on the rail. Zero dollar fix, thanks again!
2:42 You do not "Got" to put the red on the black or any such thing. The voltage in this system "Alternates" so the push an pull is constantly being reversed. Now in DC if you reverse the polarity, Usually the multmeter tells you "-" a minus sign when you have leads reversed.
I'm having an issue where im not getting full power to my house. When my refrigerator cranks on, you can here it not getting full power and its sucking power away from my fan; fan slows way down. Any help, thanks!
How do you determine if the breaker isn't tripping when there is a short circuit or arcing? I had a situation where an old 12awg wire got damaged against a sharp edge in a too small metal box when installing a gfci and the wire melted when I turned the breaker on but it didn't trip the breaker before I manually shut it off. Now that was an arcing situation and not a direct short and this was a standard non gfci/afci breaker. Does that mean the breaker is not necessarily bad? I will probably replace it with a new one but I will still be wondering if it was bad or not.
Single pole breaker is 120volt- 1phase
Double pole breaker is 240volt between 2 phases
240 is still considered single phase?
Very good explanation. All keep safe.
I played this bad boy at 1.75 and felt like Trinity when she learned how to fly the helicopter
What if you don't and easy access to ground screw where u r suppose to attach one of the leads? in that case where would you put one of leads?
What about if the breaker is worn and is loosing contact? Not tripping it. Hot to test the resistance of the breaker.
my case is difficult. I check all the output at the CB they have power out but 4 of my outlets do not have power. I dont know the is an open somewhere (the last one connecting to these must have power and loose serial connection). I did not know which one ....
Good lord is he on slow motion
I’m went into Sleep mode woke up the video still on
Thank you for the video.
You're welcome
what country are you from? I'm from England our electrics and circuit breakers look much different. here one phase is 230 volts
I had an issue where i work the smoke alarm on the ceiling had a loose connection at the wire nut behind the unit where it connect to line power, after taking off all outlets and switches we realized it was the smoke alarm.
I have a question 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 every where then it made a pop electrical spark so should i change my breaker for new one .?
I would test it to make sure you still have voltage going through when it's on and no voltage when it's off. Breakers are designed to be reset and be reused after short, unless they go bad.
Love it now I know thank you
Can I use a noncontact Voltage tester to make sure there’s no more power on my panel after I shut it off completely.
You could, but you wouldn't get to know the voltage value. And if you wanted to check one breaker switch, the ones next to it might interfere. So you'd want to turn each of them off to single out the breaker in question.
Voltage testers are garbage use a multimeter
Thank you so much!
Thanks, Good video.
I have a bedroom circuit breaker which trips when my microwave runs (completely seperate kitchen circuit breaker and room). My bedroom is one one circuit breaker, and the microwave is on another completely unrelated breaker for my kitchen. They all seem to be a kind of GFI Siemens panel breakers. The bedroom breaker works perfectly unless the microwave is turned on, which causes it to shut off. When shut off, the microwave works fine and you cannot tell anything has changed. Any idea what is going on in this Voo-Doo Doo-Doo?
too much amps on that circuit
@@jameskearney4100 I swapped the 20A Arc-Fault breaker with a 20A regular breaker and all is good now. something on the kitchen circuit makes the arc-fault breaker trip for some reason. I have been reading about many causes of false arc reports on these breakers..
The bedroom total on the breaker is 10A with a computer turned on maximum. The microwave is the only thing on its 20A circuit and pulls about 8A-10A. There is no large load on any circuit. The issue is not overamperage, as it seems to be a false sensing of an arc for some reason..
@@mrstanskaggs1 Then it probably is arcing. Unplug everything and plug a test plug in that gives you the three lites to tell you the opens reverse and correct indications. While it is plugged in, shake it and see if things change. Try each outlet.
i test my breaker and it's at 120v ... but the room that my breaker protects , all the outlets are reading at 50v. Do i have a faulty breaker or a short somewhere
I'm not a certified electrician but I guess you are having something, a load maybe, in series with the outlet circuit which takes away 70V of the total 120V. Shorted circuit is not the case because that circuit will trip instantly as soon as you turn it on, or you have no voltage measured at outlets.
Thanks man
Do you shut off the power first before testing or no
You have to do it hot. Be careful or just hire an electrician.
Thanks
thanks.....
I pulled down too hard on my breaker when my pressure tank to my well started spraying water out a joint. I fixed the joint but I don't know how to push the breaker back up. It came down only on top. I am very afraid of electricity but I have to do this to get my water back on. It may turn back on the way it is but not sure that's very safe. It is 220. Anyone have simple fix for this? Actually I believe it is 240
what a s sick man
Setting of multimeter ?
What is the difference between single pole and 2 pole breaker?
2 pole breaker provides you with 240v utilizing both phases single pole provides you with 120v utilizing only one phase
Basically, 2 single poles combine to become a 2 poles. However, they are controlled dependently, either both ON or both OFF. There are also 3 poles circuit breaker. They are fairly in common used. Like in the video you see one at the very top.
Dude sounds like a robot 🤖 🤣
But, thanks u sir
Hello all
I have an issue just happened after storm 2 day ago
Electric went out in all area around 1:00 AM but after Electric came back at 10:00 AM less than half the house stuff working and the rest is not working.
I tested the breaker is not working to ground and I found it zero and the working circuit breaker are 123v.
So I tested the 2 hot lines in the main circuit breaker, both of them 120v but when tested the voltage between the two hot lines, I found it zero and even at the meter.
I called the Electric company. When tech came he is nothing wrong and the voltage is good between the 2 hot lines , even he showed me the reading in his voltmeter 245v.
He left and I went to my Electric panel to check the voltage I found 240v between the 2 hot lines.
Then I started turning on all circuit breaker and turning on all lights , as soon as I turned the upstairs bathroom fan Electric went out in tge sane half of house.
Tested the voltage between the two hot lines is zero again even after removing the electric meter.
The question
Why the incoming power is zero between the two hot lines
Greetings! I realize you left your comment a year ago but I am having a very similar issue. Power went out, when power was restored, many things now don't work. Electric company said that the lines going into the house read 120 and are fine. Says it could be anything from the breaker box to the point of contact (receptacle, switch etc).
I am in the country and the mice have done crazy damage recently. Seems they prefer non food items to nibble on now a days....
Just curious how you resolved your issue and or what you found out along the way. I'm just looking to isolate the issue to save the electrician time in finding the problem.
@@kerrischneider7693
Good morning Kerri
It was fixed by replacing the whole defective line from the pole at the top of my house to the electric meter
When the first technician came.
He juggle the line a little bit then it made a connection at the pole at the top of my house
When electric went down again, I called PECO to report the issue for the second time
Another technician came and got his ladder and tested the electric voltage at the main pole first then it was fine then he tested the voltage at the pole at the top of my house and was fine too. Then we he tested at the meter found it faulty.
Then he replaced the defective line from the pole at the top of my house to the meter
After that everything is good.
Also this technician said that the other technician was lazy to check all voltages at the main pole and the pole at the top of my house
What if breaker keeps popping
Means either you have to high of an amperage draw on it or your breaker is faulty
Don't go ,in off position showing ground , but motor running good condition with a good ampere 87 ,why is show ground in off position ? 3 pH
Anyone skilled in breaker panels/ electrical troubleshooting that can help me? My RV/ camper keeps popping the breaker, all electrical lines work fine, nothing is excessively hooked up (nothing should be using any power), happened when the power went out last week with the storm and was working fine before that, just not ever since. Only one breaker in the RV trips, as well as trips the gcfi outlet that is in the barn. The power to the RV works fine like I said but trips as soon as I plug into RV. I have troubleshoot to the point where I believe I need a new breaker box, but I don't want to spend money on it if it ain't going to fix the problem. Any help is greatly appreciated!
I know this a bit old but did you ever find a fix?
@@shaneatl I didn't
Any ytl students here
3:50 another dead elec-chicken. decided to touch a live wire with his finger.
God he is the slowest explainer lol
DUDE YOUR NOT A ELECTRICAN WE NEVER USE THOSE ARENT VOLTAGE TESTERS THOSE ARE MORE FOR SMALLER STUFF LIKE CURCUIT BOARD
Waste of time
Sorry man, you talk too slow
I came hete to admire your Fluke! But left because you made me sleepy..
Horrible
watch at 1.25 speed will save you
1.5
yes 1.5x is like hes talking like a normal human being.
lol.... ya he was talking slow af.
1.5 yes