Circuit Breaker trips because two bathrooms and master bedroom on same circuit
Some electrician committed a blunder in my opinion about 17 years ago. The master bedroom and two full bathrooms are all on the same circuit. If two hair dryers are used at the same time, it will trip the breaker every time. In figuring out what amperage would be required for two hair dryers and 20 40-watt bulbs (there's 10 bulbs in each bathroom), I figured it would require a 40 am breaker, well the wiring ain't going to take that much current. I thought that maybe the best solution would be to change the outlet in each of the bathrooms to a GFI outlet, then if it does trip, no need to walk down two floors, reset the breaker, and walk up two floors, just reset it at the outlet. Apart from rewiring and tearing out the sheetrock on three different levels, I think this would be the best solution. Heaven forbid we ever get a TV in the master bedroom.
Comment on tkrussell's post
Hey thank you for your response , but things didn't work out I replaced the outlet that the heater was plug into and nothing there was sign of over heating on the back of the plug some melting ,so I allso replaced the GFI in bath it had in the top plug a low voltage reading and that didn't work so I allso replaced the breaker to the Master in breaker box to the Master bedroom and still the same out come, no power , so I plan to go over all that was replaced to see if there's something I missed , will get back to you thanks...
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Yes I have reset the main breaker at the breaker box allso replaced the GFI in the bath like I said ,but it sounds like I have missed something some where and its over my head,after replaceing the main Breaker for the Master bedroom andchecking all I can come up with is no power