[tcb] Re: Very Off Topic

  • From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 16:33:30 -0500

This is true.
You need a reputable electrician.
They will do it right.

On May 29, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Just make sure you don't put in a breaker bigger than the wire is rated for.
> 
> On 5/29/2012 1:48 PM, theresabuckner@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> 
>> Julie    first get a new breaker & install it in place of the old breaker . 
>> Sometimes breakers get weak . If it kicks again, then turn off the air & run 
>> a lot of hot water . Heaters are simple       work or not     if one element 
>> is bad then     not much hot water   If both air & hot water should be on at 
>> same time , & breaker is weak , then POP no elect           Breakers get 
>> weak if they trip several times      my 2 cents   --------   next   -------- 
>>       terry ( guy /    dude as in not gal )     LOL
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tue, May 29, 2012 8:02 am
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Very Off Topic
>> 
>> With them both on they are overloading the circuit.  Could be that they are 
>> simply pulling too much current for the circuit or there is a short 
>> somewhere.  I would call an electrician.
>> 
>> --- On Mon, 5/28/12, Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [tcb] Very Off Topic
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Monday, May 28, 2012, 10:08 PM
>> 
>> If a hot water heater flips its breaker switch why does this happen?  It is 
>> in an empty apartment and the hot water rarely gets used because nobody is 
>> there.  When I go there I find it off and I flip it back and it keeps 
>> working over hours. I leave and come back days latter and it is flipped off 
>> again.  
>> 
>> BUT the AC and the hot water heater are on the same switch.  I usually don't 
>> turn the AC on but I wanted to make sure it is working and then I found out 
>> that if the AC and the hot water heater are on at the same time then the 
>> switch                         flips quickly.  
>> 
>> The hot water heater seems to always be responsible for the problem because 
>> it will happen if it is the only thing on in the whole apartment.  
>> 
>> Do I call a plumber or an electrician?  
>> 
>> When there was a person living in the apartment there was no complaint of 
>> this problem.  
>> 
>> Julie
>> 
>> 
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