• Microwave tripping circuit breaker
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Alright so, this is the second microwave we have for this house. The last one we replaced because whenever anyone tried to use it the second it started it would immediately trip the breaker. Now for about a year now we have had this replacement work fine until yesterday where it is doing exactly what the last one did. Anyone have a clue what could be causing it? Its a normal microwave on a counter in the kitchen, any of the other outlets in the kitchen that we plug it in to still leads to the same problem.
Circuit overloaded? Ridiculously high power nukulator?
It's drawing too much power, the breaker is trying to prevent the line from getting damaged in cases of excessive power draw replace the breaker with a higher limit one
[QUOTE=Karmah;47065067]It's drawing too much power, the breaker is trying to prevent the line from getting damaged in cases of excessive power draw replace the breaker with a higher limit one[/QUOTE] that might work, or it might catch your house on fire. have an electrician look at it
Change your house.
Are all of these outlets in the kitchen on the same breaker? If so, the breaker itself may be worn out. If not, then the microwave itself may be having a problem. And are you using any other devices on the same circuit breaker? Regardless, you should have an electrician take a look at it.
It sounds like there are too many appliances on the breaker. When the breaker trips, does the whole house blackout, or just a small part? I don't know if residential buildings in Australia have multiple breaker groups. Down here we're able to find out by taking a feel if the fuses are hot, and by checking the wheel on our kWh meter, which speeds up as more devices are being used. For some dumb reason about 60-75% of our house is on one single fuse, which blows out when we have both our two deep fryers running, and the washing machine. The entire kitchen with one refrigerator and microwave, and our shed with two refrigerators and one freezer is on this whole damn breaker. But if it's a overloaded breaker, you may have to consult a electrician to redo the wiring in your house, if it's worth it to begin with.
Replace the fuze with either a nail or a lump of tinfoil.
What is the breaker for your kitchen rated and when was the house built? Average is a 20A breaker, and most microwaves today are capable of pulling that on their own.
My microwave does this too, but only if we have our heater plugged in into the same room. Odds are you have too many things running in a certain part of your house. We turn off the heater, microwave something, then turn the heater back on in my home.
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