{"id":1169,"date":"2024-03-12T15:52:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T15:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horsellelectrical.com.au\/?page_id=1169"},"modified":"2024-03-12T15:52:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T15:52:40","slug":"circuit-breaker-installation-repair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.horsellelectrical.com.au\/circuit-breaker-installation-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"Circuit Breaker Installation &#038; Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1710258715668\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What causes circuit breakers to trip?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p><em>The single most common reason for a circuit breaker to trip is an overloaded circuit. Usually, having too many appliances running on the same circuit is what causes this problem. These appliances are generally high-power devices, such as aircon units, ovens, kettles or heaters etc<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1710258724585\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How can I find out what is tripping my circuit breaker?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p><em>Start off by turning off all the lights, appliances, and all electronic devices in your home. Then, reset the main circuit breaker by switching it off and on. Afterwards, turn on each circuit one at a time, and observe which one trips the breaker. Once you've identified the circuit, you can focus on narrowing down the problem to your appliances<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1710258748948\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How do I fix a circuit breaker that keeps tripping?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p><em>This is very easy to misdiagnose. The points above will help but if you are having persistent circuit breaker trips you really should call a qualified electrician as it can be a sign of something more serious than an overload<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsellelectrical.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsellelectrical.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsellelectrical.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsellelectrical.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsellelectrical.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsellelectrical.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1170,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsellelectrical.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1169\/revisions\/1170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsellelectrical.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}