The refrigerator, dryer, washer, and 2 outlets on a wall with nothing plugged into them is what's on that breaker. The breaker is setup like a things together. 1 20 on top, 2 30s in the middle and 1 20 at the bottom. It's the 20 on bottom that keeps tripping. We noticed for sure that the refrigerator and the 2 wall outlets don't work when it trips, but we have not noticed if the washer and dryer work or not. Do you think it's a bad breaker? It just started tripping, it tripped once last year before summer and has tripped 3 times in the past month.
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If a breaker trips repeatedly, it is likely worn out. However, the fact that it has been tripping indicates that there is an overload on that circuit. You need to determine what it is that is causing the breaker to trip. In my case, it was running the microwave at the same time as the coffeemaker was running (along with many other things that were on that circuit.) In the short term, you should have the breaker replaced. Then, either stop using the two appliances at the same time that cause the breaker to trip, or have your electrician add additional outlets to avoid the overload.
Well when I asked my daughter about it she said she didn't run anything that day. But I did notice the breaker tripped 10 days apart.
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