Before You Buy a Circuit Breaker
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- A few things to consider before you buy a circuit breaker. Many consumers assume they can just go buy a breaker like buying produce, but not all breakers are the same.
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Saving video for my next drinking game. Every time "Circuit breaker" is said we will take a shot.
I'm sure you know this even though you stated otherwise, but breakers wear out and can start tripping well below their stated amperage, so sometimes when a breaker keeps tripping it is the breaker that's the problem. Appreciated the rest of the video, didn't know there was so much variety between makes/models.
Went to Home Depot. Only had one kind of single 20amp breaker. Bought it. Worked fine. 50year old house.
diffirent brand?
My situation is when I switch it to the off position there’s still power to the wire. Have you experienced this situation? I like that you are attempting to share your knowledge with the younger generation. 👍
Right on brother I see your teaching your son electrical life. My father law was an electrician but never taught his two sons the trade or ev3n to help. They are two great guys but friends useless with their hands. One son can’t even install a DVD player.....
My son still helps me occasionally, it's like old school apprenticeships what fathers and sons used to do. Even if he doesn't become an electrician, he knows some basics. Thanks for watching Herman, it is appreciated.
Bravo for posting this video since it brings attention to much maligned perception. Just a couple of fun facts. Breakers do wear out ! How ? In many states it is required to mount the load center " outside " of the building for easy access. Humidity up, humidity down, salty air & direct sunlight will affect operation. Also in many commercial operations the breaker is used as a " switch ", for lighting. Generally a no no. Use a solenoid or relay system to operate the lighting on or off. In general terms, replace outdoor mounted breakers 20 - 25 years. Indoors slightly longer. I use my " breakers " to seasonally switch my baseboard heating. Cheers.
Simply put an amp probe on the load wire. If load is within tolerance look at the brand, amperage and type and go shopping.
New drinking game, take a drink of your favorite beer every time he says circuit breaker.... if you want to die of alcohol poisoning!
My fridge and small ac keep cycling on and off. I suspect they are on the same 20amp breaker. I tested the air-conditioning unit in another room, no problems. The breaker does not trip. But, when the AC cycles on the lights dim and sometimes flickers.
Problem is home owner #1 'matches it up' to something that fits and home owner #2 comes along and looks at the model number. Before long you have a panel full of incorrect breakers that happen to fit. Home owner #3 comes along and ends up with problems. Been there and done that.
unfortunately, it will continue long after both you and I are gone...
Good info, but you should consider using the proper PPE when using a meter in an energized panel!
+Dewayne Fanchier perhaps, and I'll recommend safety precautions for non electricians when applicable, but who uses PPE inside residential panels? I don't know one electrician who does. I appreciate your input though, I'll keep it in mind for future videos as it definitely sets the right example. Thanks for watching.
I guess that's the problem... Very few people use the proper PPE in residential. NFPA 70E doesn't exclude residential. Trust me, I know it's difficult if you've been in the craft for a long time! Back in the day I have been in an energized 480V control panel wearing a T-shirt & shorts while troubleshooting......... It's actually a little ironic since I teach 70E...... :-)
+Dewayne Fanchier agreed. Safety should always be first. I think it was Mike Rowe who said "It's more like safety third or else nothing would get done."
This is like a mr. show skit. David Cross, totally. Good info though. But some hilarious parts esp. at the end trying to get the panel cover back on lol...
You also might be changing a circuit breaker because the line is going to a different device. Let's say you have a 30 amp breaker for a water heater but you are routing that line to a baseboard heater drawing 6 amps. The 30 amp breaker may not protect the 6 amp heater.
Excellent point.
Breakers are designed to protect the wiring not the device connected to it.
Sir how to know that it is a AC breaker or DC breaker and is it possible that it contains 2 in one .
Sir I want to know the main identification of DC Breaker.
He said circuit breaker 200 times
Yeah and the video is a bit too long. But we should still acknowledge the fact that he was trying to help.
mweezy true
disagree- it was 193 times
^^^ O...M...G!!!
@@mweezy yes agree shorten it and thAt will cut down in repeating circuit breaker 500 times apparently he is that kid that was interviewed and said apparently over and over he apparently got so much attention when apparently the video went apparently viral he kept doing it but apparently its not cute when He’s all grown up! And the walking talking intro was apparently a first for handyman vid got a apparent kick out of that and apparently he learned not to post when apparently high lol peace
@Massive Electric I installed a 30 amp circuit in my garage so I could run my mig welder from there. I bought a new 2 pole 30 amp breaker from lowes, but it doesn't fit the box well. The connections where the breaker slides onto the busbars is loose. The busbars are thin, the old breakers in the box have steel inserts in them to create a tight fit, but the new breakers don't have that insert. Can the inserts be purchased or is that something that was phased out. It's an old box btw.
Soo if the breaker refuses too reset after it trips what are my options?
In the case of a fire Is it common for the fire department to first thing pull the electrical meter? thanks
Great advice, thanks! 👍👍
you have an open hole when you put the panel back on, you should be using filler strips
Helpful advice! Thank you.
Great info, Thanks for sharing. Lots of information all broken down easy to follow.
Thanks for sharing..
+T Long I'm glad was helpful and thanks for watching
Circuit Breaker!
Hello, if I have 2 double pole breakers where there are and they have 2 switches each. SO, say you have 1 thru 4 switches but, switch one and 4 are both 20 amp and switch 2 and 3 are 20 amps. This is for an electric dryer . If the Dryer is turned off completely, should there be am amp draw on any of the legs going into this breaker?
I assume you are referring to what is known as a quad breaker - it's two thin two pole breakers side by side in one breaker. Normally two pole breakers like this are used in dedicated circuits which is a circuit that goes from a breaker directly and only to one device or outlet, which is probably what you have on both sides of this breaker. Normally, if a device or appliance is turned off then there will be no current draw on that circuit. I assume by asking, this is not the case you are experiencing? Sometimes just because it's turned off there can be some current being used: particularly if there is a clock or other internal electronics. In these cases the amount of electricity will be VERY small. If you are seeing a significant amount of electricity being used, it's possible that it is not a dedicated circuit and something else is on the circuit.
My suspicion is the manipulation of my electricity via the means of a smart meter. I have lived in the same 1100 sq ft townhouse for 18 years. When comparing the weather from dec 2016 to dec 2017 I found it to be quite the same. The difference is that that are charging me for 3753 KW when I have never gone over even 2000 kw. I think that the electric company is forcing power usage through my meter.
if the circuit breaker is broken from the breaker, is the circuit broken or is the breaker circuit from the broken circuit breaker broken the circuit breaker within the breaker circuit breaker broken? 😬........ circuit breaker!
Jose Rodriguez i couldn't even finish the video cause of the circuit breaker 😂
Jose Rodriguez LMAO that will really screw up the average homeowner looking for help on you tube
Had my wife and I cracking up!!!
😂😂😂
Exactly I hear ya 😳🤪😔🥺😳🤫🤡👬lol🤫🤢use your🧠 otherwise good vid thank you 🙉💯❌not🆒🆗🤸♂️🕺🙋
My house was built in 1954 and still has the original 70 amp six space panel. I think the 70 amp might be sufficient, but I would like to replace the single breakers with the double or twin breakers to create twelve circuits. Is this safe? The panel only has a neutral bus bar. No ground bus bar, and I'll need to increase the neutral bus bar to 12 spots.Is it OK to add a ground bus bar and double the size of the neutral bus bar?
+Mike Miller that's a great question yes you can do that but there is a very high possibility of overloading the service but there are a lot of variables. Back before we grounded, any grounds that were added to a panel without a ground bar, the ground conductors were added to the neutral bar. If you're not going to replace the entire panel, which you should consider first, you can add a ground bar and thereby also a ground rod, to the panel for proper grounding of any new circuits. While you can do this I'd be more curious as to what you're going to add as far as circuits and what the circuits are going to be for. Technically when you add a circuit you're adding more load to the main but like I say there's there are some variables here. This is a great question for me to discuss on my Snapchat tomorrow and I may make a video kind of detailing some other variables to answer you properly. Thanks for watching and thanks for asking.
Thanks for answering. Although I have my cabinet shop in the garage there won't be any more power usage than there has been for years. We have two breakers that trip fairly often. The entire kitchen is on one circuit which also has two plugs in the living room and two from an upstairs bedroom on it! The other that trips is for the garage. Another breaker is for the other three bedrooms and one bathroom. So I just want to split up the existing load on to more circuits.
Circuit breaker or circuit breaker, breaker or circuit breaker?
Awesome video, thank you!
+Delaware Teacher thank you for watching
Thanks. Good Video👍👍👍
thank you, very helpful
+Prototype University thank you for watching
how many breaker circuit, could a circuit breaker circuit? if a circuit breaker circuit, could break circuit?..😧
Good one!
Bahaha
5:53 not a qualified electrician.?.
That would be me..
you look like David Cross
+Prestia2011 haha. He gets his look from me lol
I thought the same thing!! Thought the vid would be educational AND funny. Still good though.
if i have a 100 amp main how many total amps can i safely install. whats the rule of thumb how many breakers\amps i can add to a panel
There's really no number of breakers rule, the max will be how many breakers fit in the panel. However, short of having an engineer do some load calculations, use the 80% rule for max amperage. In other words, don't allow more than 80 amps to be pulled from a 100 amp panel.
thanks bro!!!!
Circuit Breaker
All I heard through this whole video is circuit breaker & showing at the end of this video of having a hard time putting the cover back on the panel box? more time spent talking about circuit breaker then showing how to...
It's best to leave it to an electrician
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Keep saying circuit breaker over and over... It starts to sound weird after awhile.
8 minutes of nothing...