About Al Latimer Expertise I held a California Electrical Contractor`s license from 1958 to 1970. Moved to Arkansas and contracted from 1970 to 1993 when I retired. I currently hold an Arkansas Lifetime Master Electrician`s license. During that span of time I`ve worn many hats, from estimating job costs to trouble shooting, from crawling attics to paying the bills. But I think that the part that`s most enjoyable is what I`m doing now, namely helping others with the solving of their problems and answering their questions.
Question hello, let me explain. the other night i had 2 1300 watt heaters on 1 in one room the other in another room. every thing was fine. then my husband decided to plug in another 1300 watt heater in our room,by the way we did not need it. the heater was on for about 5 min. then it blew out some of the breakers in my room and the breakers in the bathroom and the breakers on 1 side of my daughter room.he tried replacing the 20 amp with anothe 20 amp, but nothing happened. so yesterday,he clicked some of the breakers off and on. when he did that, the lamp that is in my room came on for a second and then went off.
can you please help! oh i also heard a clicking sound when the breakerkicked off in my room. when my husband was trying to click the breaker back on. what else could be the problem. everything else in the house is working fine. thanks in advance for your help.
Answer Kwanda, with three 1300watt heaters on one circuit, you had a total of 32.5 amps current draw. It all were one 20amp circuit, it's easy to see why the breaker won't hold it. I suspect that the noise you heard was the vibration in the wires when all that load was applied at the same time. The only solution is to connect the heaters to seperate circuits.
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