Recent content by eric565

i believe the problem is solved. i took the red wire off the breaker in the house so there is only 1 hot wire running out to the garage, which is connected to the 20 amp breaker out there. before, there was a capped live wire in the junction box, which must have been causing the power surge...

all that's in the garage are a couple lights and a garage door opener. no heater, freezer, appliances, etc. the garage breaker in the house has always been a problem. however, the garage breaker used to be the only one that would trip, not the main. it wasn't until about December that the...

attached is a picture of the garage panel. it looks like a mess, but the wire coating was pretty crappy. I noticed something that i did not notice previously - there was a black and red wire hooked to the garage breaker in the house. however, there is only a black wire in the garage panel. i...

thanks again everyone for the replies. i appreciate all the suggestions, but i think i should stay out of the box. i was crossing my fingers that there was a simple solution i was missing but it's definitely electrician time. i'll make sure to post back with the results. :shocking:

thanks everyone for the replies. i'll see if i can get some better pictures tomorrow - there's still a lot of snow out back between the house and the garage. i'll try to inspect anything outside with my un-trained eyes. i may just call the electrician tomorrow as well.

nothing ever happens with the dual pole breaker off. i've had this off for as long as 3 months. main breaker shows 100. i've tightened all connections per your suggestion. i'm positive that the 30 amp breaker is not feeding anything but the garage. the black, white and red wires run out of...

i turn the main breaker off and then on. the main breaker never actually trips; just the dual 30 for the garage, yet the whole house goes dark. this happened last night around 4am. the time before was just this past saturday. since last night, i have kept the breaker off and will keep it off...

with the dual pole breaker for the garage off (like it is in the pictures) everything in the house is still on. i tested all lights, outlets, appliances, etc. in the garage, the only device out there is the door opener. on the back of the opener, it says 120 vac. the garage is not heated.

not sure if this will help at all.

i'm a total n00b when it comes to wiring. i'm not sure what's in the garage or what you mean by "the 120 feed powering *some* electrical circuits in the home. i can take the panel off and snap a picture. i'll post back with what i find.

hopefully this works. i've attached a picture of the panel in the house. you'll see the garage breaker is the only one tripped. main breaker still on. this is the configuration when the power goes out. not sure how...

the breaker in the house panel that feeds the garage panel trips, yet the power to the whole house goes out. the main breaker does not trip, but the power will come back on if i manually trip it.

Hello! I'm having issues with my garage breaker. The power in my garage will stay on for about 3-4 days and then will trip the breaker in my house, which will kill the power to the whole house. It has done this ever since I bought the house in June 2012. The garage breaker in my panel in the...