Electrical Wiring in the Home/circut breaker

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Expert: J Cook - 6/30/2006


Question
I am installing a sign at my business and when I turn the circut breaker on the sign will light up for about 2 seconds and then the breaker will buzz and trip off. What do think might be wrong?

Answer
A dead short would immediately trip the breaker, so I would say this circuit is overloaded. A larger breaker would not cure the problem as the wire is rated the same as the breaker, the wire most likely needs to be upsized with a larger breaker. Thanks, J
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J Cook

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General electrical wiring, including but not limited to, residential, panelboards, control wiring, low voltage wiring, Heating and A/C control wiring, single and three phase wiring.

Experience

I have been doing electrical since high school. I have been licensed by the State of North Carolina for ten years and am currently the Building Maintenance Superintendent for a municipality. I have extensive control wiring experience.

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Refrigeration Service Engineers Society.

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