If your circuit breaker keeps tripping, it's usually a sign of something wrong with the circuit. There could be a short circuit in one of the appliances or somewhere in the wiring. There could be a ground fault causing the breaker to keep tripping. There could be a circuit overload.
How do you fix a breaker that keeps tripping?
You can get your power back by following these three easy steps:
- Turn off all the lights and appliances affected by the power outage. Switch everything you can to the OFF position. ...
- Find your circuit box and search for the breaker(s) in the OFF position. ...
- Flip the breaker from OFF to ON.
How do I find out what's tripping my circuit breaker?
To find out if an appliance has a short, perform a test similar to the one you did for an overloaded circuit. When you plug in or turn on an appliance that has a short in its wiring, it will immediately trip the circuit—whether or not anything else is running.
