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Dryer keeps flipping the breaker #1117810
10/19/14 12:23 PM
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My dryer keeps flipping the breaker. Not just it but about a fourth of downstairs. Just started this a month ago. We have flipped the breaker 5 times today. What the hell is the problem?

Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117813
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Dryer should be on a home run 240 breaker


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Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117818
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I think it is?

Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117830
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Sounds like somebody tied into one of the hot legs of the dryer and used that to get 120 to the rest of the basement that would explain the rest of the basement going out

Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117835
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I've changed out weak breakers on two central air units,they'd run a while and trip,swapped breaker out and no more problems

Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117847
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Nothing should lose power bit the dryer of the breaker trips


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Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117862
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Is it a front glass loader. If so, mine did the exact same thing. Wire somehow came loose and grounded out the dryer kicking the breaker. The wire was over the drum in the harness.

Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117865
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Not glass. There is not any consistency in how many others trip. Sounds like I'll be changing a breaker tomorrow,

Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117881
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Hire an electrician to find the problem before your house burns down. Seriously.


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Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: hunterbuck] #1117884
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Hire an electrician to find the problem before your house burns down. Seriously.


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Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117894
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I have one coming Tuesday, Dad.

Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117928
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So it's different breakers tripping... I.e. Dryer breaker is the only one that is constantly tripping? Could be a lot of things. Could be unbalanced phases. I am a card carrying electrician. I will say this: hire an electrician (sounds like you may already have this handled), do not just change a breaker. That could be like putting a band aid on a gunshot wound. It's easy to speculate from behind a computer. Nothing substitutes for boots on the ground.

Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117944
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lug bolts are loose or need tighten . i'm surprised the main breaker aint tripping , if so .

Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117985
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Not trying to hi jack, but a hair dryer will black my whole house out.


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Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1117999
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Originally Posted By: Rebelman
I think it is?

It ain't. Get that other stuff off that circuit.


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Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Dixiepatriot] #1118002
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Originally Posted By: Dixiepatriot
Originally Posted By: Rebelman
I think it is?

It ain't. Get that other stuff off that circuit.


Listen to DP. He does it for a living.

Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1118022
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Dryer should definitely be on a dedicated circuit all to itself.

Also check your dryer vent. Make sure it is not full of lint. If the dryer isn't "breathing" it has to work harder, which means it is drawing more current.

Could also be an old breaker that is wearing out.

But as stated earlier, dryer should not have any other plugs feeding off of it.


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Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1118034
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Alright. I'll get it on its own breaker. I'm not sure why it isn't. This house is only 3 years old.

Re: Dryer keeps flipping the breaker [Re: Rebelman] #1118038
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If I was you I would stop resetting the breaker while you're still ahead

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If your panel is full and someone added any new outlets of lights, or anything. I have seen where someone just picked up a hot by sliding new wire into one of the 240 breaker connections to feed the additional work. NOT good.


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