Wow, Pull both feeds from the breaker in question and the one that you know is back feeding it and see if there is continuity between them. No doubt that someone has tied the two circuits together somewhere in the house and that is causing the issue.
turn the other original breaker off, turn on afci on and see if you have 120 volts at breaker output in off position. if so both circuits are tied to gather, back feed each other. leave both go inside, see what is not working, find a spot where the same phase can be split, so each circuit can be independent of one another. its probably very close to where the arc fault area and non afci split, but tied together. no use spending an hour at the panel.
Yes you are correct, this is what we did and there is another video that showed us in the master overflow room and the two circuits were split in the three gang lighting box and the red and black were tied together.
I agree. Trouble shooting seemed to long. I would of started on whatever that breaker was labeled prior to all the other troubleshooting. Find home run and start from there. If you have an Apprentice you can track down and fix within an hour.
You don't have a Ground or natural fault. You have two hots from those two circuits connected somewhere in the bedrooms. If you would leave the AFCI on and turn off the breaker on the bottom that is also tripping you will find that it is hot when off.
My guess youtube video theft is the reason he wants it there so much of it guys make bunch of money of ad's from stolen video. YT makes it so much work to stop them most guys don't have the time to deal with it so they just put these big logo's on the video.
To find a breaker that doesn’t trip I connect in series the problematic wire using the same bulb tester that you use and shut off each individual breaker until I get the breaker that supply power to avoid continuous electrical shorts and time There are other ways to find the problem but by using what you have In my 45 years of electrical work I learned to have a open mind and taking one step at the time until I get to the problem
EXACLY BRO when was he planning on going inside to find where the problem circuit is being backfed from trace the junction box with the makeup or termination mistake its really simple this guy doesn't know how to troubleshoot..
Could have removed the Peterson Electric Advertisement line also for most of video, couldn’t see a damn thing, it was blocking where you were working! I guess at $75 an hour the longer the video the better!!🤔🤷🏻♂️
@@Petersonelectricllc dude.. IMMEDIATELY you should not be looking for dead short by trying to trip the breaker.. you test for dead short on a circuit by disconnecting ground and neutral and testing with chirp on meter.. its still blowing after disconnecting ground bcz it's not a dead short. Your are crossing line A and B. Not phases. LINES. single Phase. 2 Lines..
@@Petersonelectricllc you ever think of posting links to solution videos in description or at least post it perfectly n description kind of hard to go through video that are never posted in order but as always appreciate the effort to showing those that can understand. those that don't shouldn't be attempting these repairs tests
@@Petersonelectricllc kk that explains a lot of times banner is obstructing video ya wld be a full time job to work as trade by day edit post yt at night you need a life too and time off
I will bet that the other end of this wire is connected to a 240 V heating element. It seems as if the branch circuit was not labeled correctly and that it was intended for a 240 V breaker.
[sarcasm on] you need to superimpose a larger banner at the bottom of the video. I can still see a little over half of the video. [sarcasm off] Suggestion. Flash the banner periodically for about 5 seconds now and then. Thank you.
HAHA He said he cut the last video "because it was getting a bit long" but we saw you break your light bulb and quickly say "shut it off". No need to pretend lol
Please don't come back, you have major emotional issues to call people such belittling comments, sad to see that the first thing you point out about something and someone that posted something for free is a critical. Hope you find what you need in life.
I am having a big problem with one of my GFCI breakers. It keeps tripping randomly, seemingly for no reason. I have had two separate Electricians in here who have opened every fixture in the problem circuit and they found no issues. After they visited the breaker tripped the same day, then magically quit tripping for weeks, then it started tripping for a week or two randomly ...then it worked for months. Now it is tripping again for no reason. However, one light turns on in my sons bathroom but if we flip any other switches it trips the breaker. So frustrating! Should I just swap the GFCI out for a regular breaker? Should I split up the circuits? and have the rooms separated? The electricians don't seem to think the breaker is overloaded and again it worked for months with no issues. Could it be surges from the power company? Local construction/temp poles? hoping you have an opinion here..
Sounds like a call i had when it rained, a lot, I had this AFCI brk. trip. An outside plug had been attached to this circuit and when it rained the bell box filled with water.
These breakers for some reason run warmer than a regular breaker, even with little to no load. I have had 2 separate customers call for the same nuisance tripping, both were afci breakers. I swapped them both out for regular breakers and they never called back on the issue. I’m 2-0 on this particular matter.
What was the final verdict.u just ended it ,wasted time wow.these breakers are the hardest to fix would of loved to see the fix. U r not a dummy and I know you found the problem.holla
This guy scares me. There were so many ways he could have approached this and solved the problem in a fraction of the time. "Safety first" seems to be a foreign concept to him.
Yeah please move the banner, make it smaller or sort of see-through idk, besides that, great video.!!!
very informative.. but i can't see the bottom dueto the banner
Wow, Pull both feeds from the breaker in question and the one that you know is back feeding it and see if there is continuity between them. No doubt that someone has tied the two circuits together somewhere in the house and that is causing the issue.
turn the other original breaker off, turn on afci on and see if you have 120 volts at breaker output in off position. if so both circuits are tied to gather, back feed each other. leave both go inside, see what is not working, find a spot where the same phase can be split, so each circuit can be independent of one another. its probably very close to where the arc fault area and non afci split, but tied together. no use spending an hour at the panel.
Yes you are correct, this is what we did and there is another video that showed us in the master overflow room and the two circuits were split in the three gang lighting box and the red and black were tied together.
I agree. Trouble shooting seemed to long. I would of started on whatever that breaker was labeled prior to all the other troubleshooting. Find home run and start from there. If you have an Apprentice you can track down and fix within an hour.
Your camera guys drove me crazy!
It is a great video, bad editing though.
Thank you for uploading.
Make website logo smaller or put it on the top or show it for 10 seconds every once in a while, not blocking the whole video.
You don't have a Ground or natural fault. You have two hots from those two circuits connected somewhere in the bedrooms. If you would leave the AFCI on and turn off the breaker on the bottom that is also tripping you will find that it is hot when off.
Again, DUMP YOUR LOGO AFTER 10 sec. vids not worth watching, covering up too much.
My guess youtube video theft is the reason he wants it there so much of it guys make bunch of money of ad's from stolen video. YT makes it so much work to stop them most guys don't have the time to deal with it so they just put these big logo's on the video.
What happened to your handy light bulb???
he BROKE it at the end of the first video listen to it crash and break at the end
To find a breaker that doesn’t trip I connect in series the problematic wire using the same bulb tester that you use and shut off each individual breaker until I get the breaker that supply power to avoid continuous electrical shorts and time
There are other ways to find the problem but by using what you have
In my 45 years of electrical work I learned to have a open mind and taking one step at the time until I get to the problem
You have the Hot wires connected together somewhere in the house.
I like your Glasses
I have watched you repeat over and over tripping or trying to trip the ACI. I have not seen you go and fix the problem.
It’s painful to watch isn’t it?
Brandon Arney in the end I still don't know what you fixed was it that little wire not up in the ceiling fan
EXACLY BRO when was he planning on going inside to find where the problem circuit is being backfed from trace the junction box with the makeup or termination mistake its really simple this guy doesn't know how to troubleshoot..
Could have removed the Peterson Electric Advertisement line also for most of video, couldn’t see a damn thing, it was blocking where you were working!
I guess at $75 an hour the longer the video the better!!🤔🤷🏻♂️
I don't know mate.. Are you sure he tried tripping the breaker in that last 25min video. Can't remember that part myself lol
Is it time for LUNCH yet?!!!
ONCE YOU FOUND THE BACK FEED, WHY DID YOU NOT GO LOOK FOR LINES CONNECTED TOGETHER.
I did there is another video for the upstairs.
@@Petersonelectricllc dude.. IMMEDIATELY you should not be looking for dead short by trying to trip the breaker.. you test for dead short on a circuit by disconnecting ground and neutral and testing with chirp on meter.. its still blowing after disconnecting ground bcz it's not a dead short. Your are crossing line A and B. Not phases. LINES. single Phase. 2 Lines..
@@Petersonelectricllc you ever think of posting links to solution videos in description or at least post it perfectly n description kind of hard to go through video that are never posted in order but as always appreciate the effort to showing those that can understand. those that don't shouldn't be attempting these repairs tests
@@wizard3z868 No. I do enough for free to the public and it costs me money to post my videos.
@@Petersonelectricllc kk that explains a lot of times banner is obstructing video ya wld be a full time job to work as trade by day edit post yt at night you need a life too and time off
I will bet that the other end of this wire is connected to a 240 V heating element. It seems as if the branch circuit was not labeled correctly and that it was intended for a 240 V breaker.
[sarcasm on] you need to superimpose a larger banner at the bottom of the video.
I can still see a little over half of the video. [sarcasm off] Suggestion. Flash the banner periodically for about 5 seconds now and then. Thank you.
fastest way to find it, hold em on and look for the smoke....
I did there is a second video
HAHA He said he cut the last video "because it was getting a bit long" but we saw you break your light bulb and quickly say "shut it off". No need to pretend lol
Wow, why are you watching us? Do you sit home and have no life in your little command center ?
Please don't come back, you have major emotional issues to call people such belittling comments, sad to see that the first thing you point out about something and someone that posted something for free is a critical. Hope you find what you need in life.
so are these videos of yours an example of how not to diagnose a problem?
There is another video that shows me upstairs in the master and I found it in the lighting box. Three gang or four switch box.
I am having a big problem with one of my GFCI breakers. It keeps tripping randomly, seemingly for no reason. I have had two separate Electricians in here who have opened every fixture in the problem circuit and they found no issues. After they visited the breaker tripped the same day, then magically quit tripping for weeks, then it started tripping for a week or two randomly ...then it worked for months. Now it is tripping again for no reason. However, one light turns on in my sons bathroom but if we flip any other switches it trips the breaker. So frustrating! Should I just swap the GFCI out for a regular breaker? Should I split up the circuits? and have the rooms separated? The electricians don't seem to think the breaker is overloaded and again it worked for months with no issues. Could it be surges from the power company? Local construction/temp poles? hoping you have an opinion here..
Sounds like a call i had when it rained, a lot, I had this AFCI brk. trip. An outside plug had been attached to this circuit and when it rained the bell box filled with water.
These breakers for some reason run warmer than a regular breaker, even with little to no load. I have had 2 separate customers call for the same nuisance tripping, both were afci breakers. I swapped them both out for regular breakers and they never called back on the issue. I’m 2-0 on this particular matter.
Simple continuity test would do.
To your Video Editor: MOVE THE F***ING BANNER!!!!
Our newer videos don't have them, if you look. Sorry for the inconvenience, but the older videos there is no way to remove them.
PPE requirements in this state is?
What was the final verdict.u just ended it ,wasted time wow.these breakers are the hardest to fix would of loved to see the fix. U r not a dummy and I know you found the problem.holla
enjoyed the video but the water marking is very annoying
Your label for your site is in the way of your video.
I think you broke the light bulb!
Really bad editing. Your banner doesn't let me see what's going on. It should be removed after a few seconds.
This was one of our first videos from 8 years ago and now in the last year have faded the banner.
I like your video but I am hard of hearing and cannot hear what you are saying end up not watching all the way thur
SOrry to hear, my daughter is death, without her devices. I sould see if you could Blue Tooth off your phone to your devices.
The banner makes it so bad, I can't even watch this anymore.
This guy scares me. There were so many ways he could have approached this and solved the problem in a fraction of the time. "Safety first" seems to be a foreign concept to him.
Natively Born American / don’t be scared to work things hot
@@Petersonelectricllc That is just bad practice. If you been saying that in any serious company and working like this, you would've been fired.
Electricians work on hot stuff all the time layoff I will split bolt a line in hot we just follow safety.
you never gona make it to be motor control tech.....