Breaker keeps tripping

10 years ago

The 30 amp double pole breaker that is dedicated to my clothes dryer tripped the other night. I reset it and after a few minutes it tripped again. I unplugged the dryer and reset the breaker and not even a minute later it tripped again. I checked the dryer receptacle and the wires look fine and are not loose. I replaced the breaker and it still trips not even a minute later. There is nothing else on that circuit as it is dedicated to just the dryer. Could it be a bad outlet? Or is the wiring bad inside the wall?

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Ron Natalie
10 years ago
If you removed the load and you replaced the breaker and it still happens, there's a short somewhere. You can still do some divide and conquer. Remove the wire from the breaker (after turning it off) and see if it still trips (probably will not). Replace that and remove it completely from the receptacle (making sure the ends do not touch anything)...try again.

Look for exposed parts of the wire for damage, and other possible junctions in the circuit. Good luck.
bendeweese68
Original Author
10 years ago
Found it. Mouse chewed through the wire.
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mtvhike
10 years ago
Was the mouse still alive?
bendeweese68
Original Author
10 years ago
Nope. Most effective mouse trap I have ever seen.