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- Path: sparky!uunet!walter!porthos!dasher!patter
- From: patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
- Subject: Re: Breaker won't reset
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 18:35:39 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.183539.21274@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <C19ozw.4yr@srgenprp.sr.hp.com>
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- In article <C19ozw.4yr@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> brett@sr.hp.com () writes:
- >
- >The problem is that I can't get the breaker to reset. The lever moves, but
- >it won't 'click' off or back on. It just stays in the tripped state.
- >
- >So, do I need to replace the breaker?
-
- Yep.
-
- >Do they tend to die in this way (the house is about 10 years old)?
-
- Yep.
-
- >Is there something else I can do or something
- >simple (ie obvious) I missed?
-
- Couple things to check.
-
- 1) Breakers aren't switches. They are not made to be tripped or flipped on
- & off repeatedly. If you have one that trips repeatedly, you might as
- well buy a spare now; it won't last long. Better yet, shift some load
- off the circuit.
- 2) Water in a breaker will cause it to blow like this. If you have a
- leakage or condensation problem, fix it. The top and bottom breakers
- in each column will be the most often affected.
-
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