View Full Version : 1 breaker causing another breaker to trip when I reset! What is This about?
tmoner
Jan 16, 2011, 09:50 PM
I reset a breaker and it immediately trips its self and another breaker... this never happened before... if I reset 1 its OK but when I reset the other breaker they both trip... and these are 2 separate circuits... the 2 breakers are not even next to each other in the panel
tkrussell
Jan 17, 2011, 05:04 AM
There may be a short circuit between the two circuits in a junction box or a receptacle box.
donf
Jan 17, 2011, 09:32 AM
Depending on how old your home is you may have a split bus panel.
This type of panel will have circuit breakers at the top section that control the lower sections.
tmoner
Jan 17, 2011, 03:22 PM
Tkrussel this sounds logical but I don't understand how this would happen all of a sudden... I haven't done any work in the house that woul disturb any wiring... but I will try and follow the circuits to see if they meet in a j box thank you
tmoner
Jan 17, 2011, 03:27 PM
Thank you for you reply house was built in 84
donf
Jan 17, 2011, 07:14 PM
Split bus panels had been outlawed by then or at the very least no longer in use.