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Pro tip: stop upsizing breakers when a circuit trips, you're just hiding the problem
A guy at my supply house in Fresno was bragging that he fixes nuisance trips by swapping a 15 amp breaker for a 20, and two other guys nodded along like that was normal. The wire on those circuits is usually 14 gauge, so all you've done is move the weak point from the breaker to the wire inside the wall. I've walked into two house fires where the panel looked fine and the burnt run was buried behind drywall. If a circuit trips, find the load or the bad connection. What's your go to move when a homeowner swears nothing new got plugged in?
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sagejackson8d ago
Guess my breaker box is just a suggestion box then, huh.
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