Breaker Tripping...why?

[Dragfluid]

What? No one is going to pull another wire if one gets cut a little short, but still in the box. Especially if it's behind drywall, stapled to studs, etc. This is the easiest way to extend a wire:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Ideal-Sp...sh-In-****-Splices-10-Pack-30-1342S/202894306

Spring friction push in? No thanks.
May as well use the back wiring on a receptacle, too.

 

[Dragfluid]

Who sits around and makes up these asinine "codes"? I mean really..some of them make sense, but others....? .

They're meant to try to keep people from getting injured or killed.
I would think that would be kind of important.

 

[MikeF2316]

IMO, Mechanical codes are actually the most sane and common sense you will find. They amount to good practice and generally generate a consistent install no matter what shape or size a structure is.

The irony here, I mean I'm not saying that wiring installed to code can't fail but do you suppose the wiring that's giving you hell right now is "up to code" and was done with permits and inspected?

But even if it was up to code, something has gone wrong. And the breaker (part of the ... code) has probably prevented a fire. So the code has worked.

Plus like you say, the code creates consistent or at least as "every house is different consistent" as possible. Which makes it easy for the next electrician to troubleshoot. Or makes it easy for a guy to help over the internet...

 

[Radical540]

Well, I thought it was fixed...then after 3 hours, the breaker tripped again.
Guess I will need to isolate the circuits in the junction box, and narrow down where the short is...

 

[MikeF2316]

Well, I thought it was fixed...then after 3 hours, the breaker tripped again.
Guess I will need to isolate the circuits in the junction box, and narrow down where the short is...

I don't believe you've confirmed that it isn't the breaker. You should buy something to confirm you're overcurrent or a new breaker. I have a cheap clamp on ammeter I paid $20 for.

 

[Radical540]

Well let's see, there's the arc fault manufacturers bribing the CMP to peddle their product...

But the ones discussed so far in this thread actually make sense. Only one circuit to an outbuilding because that way you only have one place to shut the power down, without some things remaining on. Don't mix low voltage and line voltage because of interference.


My understanding is that heaving will still damage a buried conduit or cable.

How? I'm talking an inch or two, not the tectonic shifting of the north American plate.

 

[Radical540]

Well.... with it all said and done, I tracked down the problem....a shorted receptacle on the "gas light pole". Eliminated that circuit, all appears OK.

 

[laser3kw]

 

[rockwithjason]

How? I'm talking an inch or two, not the tectonic shifting of the north American plate.

I have seen ground thrust 4 inches before. It moves more than you think