[tiki16]

Hello, I recently had my home rewired by a licensed electrician. There was a permit and it passed inspection. Only problem I've had that in one bedroom there are 3 outlets. With only to smart phones plugged in and a fan the breaker keeps tripping.

Should it not be able to handle the load from the devices? Should I replace the 15 amp breaker with a new 15 amp breaker?

Needless to say the electrician was paid in full and isn't returning calls.
Any help appreciated. Thanks

 

[jbfan]

What kind of breaker?

Must be an arc fault.

Call the electrician back and ask him to check his work.

 

[joed]

Could be an AFCI is being trigger by the type of loads?

 

[FrodoOne]

With only to smart phones plugged in and a fan the breaker keeps tripping.

Three such small current devices should NOT trip a circuit breaker designed to carry 15 A - yet trip when this value is slightly exceeded.

Carry out the following procedure:
Unplug ALL devices
Does the circuit breaker "trip".
If so - there is a wiring fault.

If not - plug in one device and switch on - if necessary (I would suggest the fan.)
Does the circuit breaker "trip".
If so - there is (probably) a fault in the fan.

If not - plug in another device and switch on - if necessary.
Does the circuit breaker "trip".
If so - there is (probably) a fault in that device.

Etc.

 

[tiki16]

I know that it is fine with 1 phone plugged in but if you add another device it trips?

 

[Oso954]

Try moving the smart phones to another circuit. If that circuit also trips, it would be the combination of switching power supplies tripping the arc fault.

Are your chargers OEM or aftermarket ?

 

[tiki16]

They are OEm. I won't have access to the room till tomorrow. I know I had a power saw and vacuum plugged in and it tripped. But it is the main breaker that appears to trip. I don't think he marked the breaker in the panel for the outlets in the room or any other of the breakers so I will have to do some investigating to see which breakers are associated with what outlets etc.

 

[Oso954]

Which is it ? A 15 amp breaker or the main breaker ?

 

[tiki16]

Which is it ? A 15 amp breaker or the main breaker ?

The main breaker trips.

 

[jbfan]

The main breaker trips.

Definitely call the electrician back to trouble shoot this!

 

[rjniles]

Something not making sense. First post it is a 15 amp tripping now the main breaker. If it is the 15 amp, is it a AFCI or GFCI?

 

[James117]

call your electrician

 

[tiki16]

Re: 15 AFCI amp breaker tripping on new panel

Ok so I just got access to the panel and I shouldn't have tried to rely on my memory. The panel is a 60 amp sub panel off the main 200 amp panel. The breaker that keeps tripping is a 15 amp AFCI. I just plugged a vacuum cleaner into one of the outlets in the room and it tripped. There are 3 outlets on this breaker and nothing else is plugged in. My apologies for the mix up.
thanks

 

[Speedy Petey]

Re: 15 AFCI amp breaker tripping on new panel

Ok so I just got access to the panel

How do you not have access to your breaker panel??

A vacuum can very easily nuisance trip an AFCI breaker. This is a known issue, sometimes with no resolution other than replacing the breaker.