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The power in my house just went out for maybe 15-30 seconds. When the power came back on, one of my AFCI breakers was tripped. Thing is, I can't get it to stay back on. Every time I turn it back on, it trips after about 45 seconds. I went upstairs and unplugged everything from the outlets in the bedroom and turned off the switches, but it keeps on happening. I tested the circuit with the test button and it worked, but the breaker keeps tripping. Any idea what could be going on?

EDIT Added picture of breaker

The power in my house just went out for maybe 15-30 seconds. When the power came back on, one of my AFCI breakers was tripped. Thing is, I can't get it to stay back on. Every time I turn it back on, it trips after about 45 seconds. I went upstairs and unplugged everything from the outlets in the bedroom and turned off the switches, but it keeps on happening. I tested the circuit with the test button and it worked, but the breaker keeps tripping. Any idea what could be going on?

EDIT Added picture of breaker

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Well it's what I expected - the breaker was bad. Hooked up the circuit that was on it to another AFCI in the panel and it worked fine. Hooked up a good circuit to the bad breaker and it still tripped. POS AFCI breakers...

The power in my house just went out for maybe 15-30 seconds. When the power came back on, one of my AFCI breakers was tripped. Thing is, I can't get it to stay back on. Every time I turn it back on, it trips after about 45 seconds. I went upstairs and unplugged everything from the outlets in the bedroom and turned off the switches, but it keeps on happening. I tested the circuit with the test button and it worked, but the breaker keeps tripping. Any idea what could be going on?

The power in my house just went out for maybe 15-30 seconds. When the power came back on, one of my AFCI breakers was tripped. Thing is, I can't get it to stay back on. Every time I turn it back on, it trips after about 45 seconds. I went upstairs and unplugged everything from the outlets in the bedroom and turned off the switches, but it keeps on happening. I tested the circuit with the test button and it worked, but the breaker keeps tripping. Any idea what could be going on?

EDIT Added picture of breaker

The power in my house just went out for maybe 15-30 seconds. When the power came back on, one of my AFCI breakers was tripped. Thing is, I can get it to stay back on. Every time I turn it back on, it trips after about 45 seconds. I went upstairs and unplugged everything from the outlets in the bedroom and turned off the switches, but it keeps on happening. I tested the circuit with the test button and it worked, but the breaker keeps tripping. Any idea what could be going on?

The power in my house just went out for maybe 15-30 seconds. When the power came back on, one of my AFCI breakers was tripped. Thing is, I can't get it to stay back on. Every time I turn it back on, it trips after about 45 seconds. I went upstairs and unplugged everything from the outlets in the bedroom and turned off the switches, but it keeps on happening. I tested the circuit with the test button and it worked, but the breaker keeps tripping. Any idea what could be going on?