Questions & Answers for: shorting out breaker

Volvo Penta Marine engine 5.0 GXI 2004 I use my boat on the weekends and when I try to start it (after sitting for a week) I have to reset the 50A circuit breaker located at the rear of the engine has

blows circuit breaker When I start my gas dryer, circuit breaker pops off. sounds as if there is a short in the starting switch but there is a short somewhere in the controls good luck Dave the ...

what is the maximum amount of electrical energy that can be delivered durning a short circuit for low voltage 230v/400v Tom, Not sure if what you're asking relates to the Maximum electrical energy ...

trouble of closing circuit breaker i have an siemens circuit breaker wL ll 1250S,i have trouble closing the breaker,the spring charge well but when i push the close button the tension kick but the ...

...breaker trips. What could be shorting out? Hi, Probably nothing... but the gfi breaker reads the load through the elements as a short. For me there should never be a gfi breaker on a resistance load. ...

Everytime my central air unit kicks on my circuit breaker trips. It didn't do this last year or even earlier this year A circuit breaker 'tripping' everytime the AC unit kicks on 'most always' ...

Is there a way to safely load test a breaker to make sure it will trip correctly Short of using expensive load test equipment about all one can do is purposely overload the circuit. Usually 2 heavy ...

I have a micrwave that keeps blowing breakers what makes it do it There's a shorted circuit happened inside the microwave oven. A interlock or door switches that are shorted will cause a blowing ...

tempstar 2400 blows the a/c breaker when heat is on How long before the breaker trips?,does the a/c work ok,gas heat or heat pump?,electric strip heat on auxiliary heat,if these are shorted they will ...

keystone hornet rv water heater breaker is tripping water heater is shorted, or the wires to it are shorted. or the breaker is bad. we use an ammeter on that breaker line (clamp....) oops it is ...