My dog knocked over my lamp and tripped the circuit breaker, when I reset the circuit breaker it trips again. What could be the problem?

Unplug the lamp and try the breaker again. If still trips you might have a bad breaker. -- note I am just a farm boy -- not a electrician.-- Savage

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Originally Posted by TheSavage

Unplug the lamp and try the breaker again. If still trips you might have a bad breaker. -- note I am just a farm boy -- not a electrician.-- Savage

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Hey Savage, You and I are in the same club. I am a farmboy and an electrician. I would have used my barnyard logic and answered that the dog was the problem. :D nm

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Originally Posted by handymanJ

my dog knocked over my lamp and tripped the circuit breaker, when I reset the circuit breaker it trips again. What could be the problem?

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Handymanj, If the breaker does not trip when the lamp is disconnected then the lamp may have shorted in the cord. If the you can reset the breaker without it tripping, plug something else into that receptacle outlet. If the breaker trips now, then internal damage might be in the wall receptacle. If not, then the lamp needs repair.

Is the dog allowed to run in the house? Ask Labman about obedience school.. . :)nm