Timeline for Breaker Tripping - Need advice on upgrade
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| Feb 1, 2017 at 10:30 | comment | added | Agent_L | Yeah, when you're doing new circuit, a 220V one is the best idea ever. It will save you some efficiency on the devices that can use it at half the amperage. It must be a brand new circuit. Old 110V one will still be necessary to support devices that are not multivoltage. | |
| Feb 1, 2017 at 1:49 | comment | added | Joe | If nothing else, as you're running that many power cords, invest in a high-grade PDU with an amp display on it. Many UPSes will also show amperage draw. | |
| Feb 1, 2017 at 0:47 | comment | added | Tyson | At 14 out of 15 amps the circuit is loaded slightly higher than it really should be. At the end of the day tho you have a weak breaker, replace it with an exact replacement and be done with this issue. | |
| Feb 1, 2017 at 0:30 | comment | added | SBB | @Harper - Updated with all of the power labels I was able to find on the circuit that will occasionally trip. And my "method" was purely used to find out if there was a single faulty device that was causing this to happen, maybe something was shorting out that I could just replace and this whole mess would be gone. However, during that time, it was always random devices that this happened with. I did give things a cool down period before turning it all back on. | |
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| Jan 31, 2017 at 23:10 | comment | added | SBB | @ThreePhaseEel - I haven't really. My box is rated for 220 and I think with all the breakers so far its at 340. Wasn't sure how a jump up to a 220 would impact the main that's already in there. | |
| Jan 31, 2017 at 23:08 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | yeah, it's that other stuff. Cheap PCs with their "850 watt" power supplies are 1200W/10A. Modem and router are tiny, their stats are on their wall-wart. Monitors and TVs are typically under 1A. Do you have a laser printer? Please get the nameplate loads for all of them, and edit those into your question. And stop testing like that, you must not provoke breaker trips. When you have a breaker trip, turn everything off for 30 minutes to let the wires in your walls cool. | |
| Jan 31, 2017 at 23:07 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Have you considered running all the gear on 240V? | |
| Jan 31, 2017 at 21:48 | comment | added | SBB | @Harper The rest of the circuit is just outlets that have nothing plugged in. The above for-mentioned devices are currently the only items that are drawing power. The current breaker is a single pole 15amp. | |
| Jan 31, 2017 at 21:30 | comment | added | SBB | Many of the devices listed the power consumption on the back of them, the amp for example was 920w consumed. Threw numbers into a calculator and got a very rough estimate. The above example is really more like 7.6. The other loads are things like a PC, Modem, Router, monitors, TV etc. Its a living space that this same circuit is on. I don't have any meters to get these exact numbers but my tests have been turning on one piece of equipment at a time and usually once more than half of the devices are on for a little while, it will trip. | |
| Jan 31, 2017 at 21:22 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | What other rooms, receptacles and fixed loads are also on that same circuit? How are you arriving at those amp numbers? Are you seeing a difference between watts and VA? | |
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