I have a 15 amp circuit breaker that keeps tripping yet nothing is on related to that circuit. Parts of it go to an outside pond and 4 other outdoor outlets. The pond is unplugged; so again I have nothing running on any of the outlets. What could my problem be? A grounded wire that is buried?
Thanks in advance.
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If you dont know how to fix this yourself, call in an electrician. Circuits trip because they are overloaded
Safely first with electricity! Electricity and plumbing are the two places where the experts rule! My suggestion is not to be penny wise and pound foolish here and to call a pro in!
After disconnecting all wires to the outside, the remaining indoor lights worked fine and the circuit did not trip. I then checked each section until I found a section where the wires had grounded out and burned. It took several hours to dig up and replace the 12 GA wiring but once completed all now works fine. Previous owner did a poor job skinning and splicing some wires and ultimately they grounded out. Fix was $22 dollars for wire, $3.50 for circuit breaker that was ultimately not needed but used to replace the old and about $3.00 for connector caps. Total $28.50. Electrician quotes ranged from $600 to a $1,000. Of course all of this was done with power to the circuit off and all wires treated as if hot. One can never be too safe.
I see that you fixed your problem without an electrician and saved a boo-koo of money!!
The main reason everyone on this site will veer toward referring anyone to an electrician is because a lay person messing around with electricity is a very dangerous thing. We never know the person asking the question and certainly do not know their ability in "fixing" things so it is usually best with most electrical questions to advise someone to ask an electrician.
I was going to advise you to cut off all electricity and start with your outside outlets as they can cause a lot of trouble if even one little thing goes wrong. I have had to replace outside outlets for the same reason you mentioned so all is well as you worked on it yourself and apparently fixed everything.
I hope that if someone in the future has the same problem they will find this posting in their search and be able to use your description of how you did the repair and be able to save a lot of money also.
Thank you for posting back with your solution.
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