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dryer tripping breaker UPDATE big e lewis 10-15-2006
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Posted by big e lewis on October 15, 2006, 7:17 pm


Last week I posted about my dryer that was tripping the breaker, and I
thought the dryer was the cause. I looked at the breaker in the
fusepanel, and the red wire, where it hooked up to the breaker, was
somewhat corroded, and the red insulation was slightly melted. I
replaced the breaker with a new one,and cut the end of the red wire off
back to good wire, and so far so good! The dryer is working, no sparks
or anything coming from the fusebox, and the wife is happy. I also
looked at the rest of the breakers and wires in the fusebox, and
everything looks good, this one wire was the only one that was corroded.
Thanks to all that posted in response to my initial question! Earl


Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on October 15, 2006, 10:03 pm



> Last week I posted about my dryer that was tripping the breaker, and I
> thought the dryer was the cause. I looked at the breaker in the
> fusepanel, and the red wire, where it hooked up to the breaker, was
> somewhat corroded, and the red insulation was slightly melted.
>

Good for you. Sometimes it take years for a wire to corrode if it was not
tightened properly or had a poor connection. Always good to hear a happy
ending. Thanks for the update.



Posted by hallerb@aol.com on October 15, 2006, 10:37 pm


thanks for the update.

what happens is the poor connection overheats, melts the insulation,
corrodes the terminal and eventually the heat generated trips the
breaker.

i fix machines that have this trouble with switches everyday


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