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    Jan 21, 2014, 02:12 PM
    Electrical problems
    Please help. I have recently put in spot lights in the bathroom and when I put the kettle/tv/microwave on it trips a different circuit (none of the circuits are overloaded). The spot lights are brand new and I have tried new wires to connect them as I thought it could be the wire. I have tried each individual light and they work fine. I am very confused at what the problem could be. I am close to getting rid of the spot lights due to the hassle but It could be something simple? Please advise

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    Jan 21, 2014, 04:22 PM
    If lights in bath are not on the same circuit as the kettle/tv/microwave They would not be related

    kettle/tv/microwave on it trips a different circuit
    That sounds like simple over loading of a circuit. Both microwave and kettle would be high amperage.
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    Jan 21, 2014, 04:27 PM
    Hi Harold. The microwave/kettle etc we're working fine before the lights were put in. It only started happening when the lights were wired in.
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    Jan 21, 2014, 05:42 PM
    Hi
    If light are on a different circuit, I don't see how the lights could be a factor.

    Perhaps something else has been added to the microwave/kettle circuit.

    Both the microwave and the kettle are high amperage users. What size is the breaker?
    A microwave will usually pull about 12 or more amps. How much a kettle would pull would depend on the size of the heating element. Used together they would most likely trip 15 amp breaker and maybe a 20.

    Describe how and when the breaker trips, when microwave is used, when kettle is used or when both are used together. Are the lights you installed on when the breaker trips.

    If lights are off when breaker trips they cannot be a factor.

    Perhaps you should describe the wiring you did.

    Circuit breakers do get weak over time, but that is a last resort type diagnosis.
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