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Old 09-23-2015, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Gerald View Post
I retired from a very large electric utility. I can tell you that the tripping of a breaker can happen due to ham operation. In fact it happened to me in the villages in my own home. When checking out the breakers first, I realized that the villages put in the cheapest breakers they could find. I replaced all the breakers with new ones and the problem was solved. Yes, it does cost quite a bit to do that. However fighting with a person with a ham set. Will only create more problems. Not the best fix in the world but given the junk in your electric box you may want to do it anyway. Just my thoughts.
Thanks Gerald. Can you giVe me a ballpark idea of what "it cost quite a bit to do that" is? Think I will replace the problem breakers, as we have had three of them popping at odd times since we moved to sanibel last year.