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SuburbanMan
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Posted: Sun Mar 16th, 2008 04:45 |
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| Ran fine for two years and then started tripping the main breaker at the panel, didn't matter what size of load, it would randomly trip the breaker. I replaced the breaker and vacced out all the nooks and crannies in the lint rap and the vent. Worked okay for about a month and started tripping the breaker again. Help!
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ApplianceJunk
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Posted: Sun Mar 16th, 2008 10:47 |
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Hi,
Your trouble maybe with something other then the dryer.
What is the model number?
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Posted: Sun Mar 16th, 2008 14:54 |
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| When it trips the breaker, can you reset it immediately or do you have to wait a while? Do you have an amp meter and a volt/ohm meter if necessary?
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SuburbanMan
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 04:37 |
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Sorry for not getting back to your last post and letting this go by for over a month. I finally had some time to look at things and found what may be the issue. I had the dryer outlet moved a few years ago prior to a re-model. The outlet was moved about 10 feet from it's original spot and the electrician ran an external pipe conduit. From the new outlet he ran black and red 10 gauge back to the old outlet box connecting to the original 8 gauge wiring. He capped off the white ground and ran a bare ground wire from the old box to the new box. Essentially there is no ground running from the outlet back to the panel. The dryer was also on a 40 amp breaker possibly masking the problem until the breaker finally reached the end of it's life. I replaced the breaker with a 30 amp which consistently tripped whenever the dryer ran with any heat setting.
I always thought that from the panel you could go from small gauge to large gauge but never large to small. Not to mention the set up for the ground wire looks totally whacked.
Thoughts?
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 05:00 |
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SuburbanMan wrote: ... The outlet was moved about 10 feet from it's original spot and the electrician ran an external pipe conduit. From the new outlet he ran black and red 10 gauge back to the old outlet box connecting to the original 8 gauge wiring. He capped off the white ground and ran a bare ground wire from the old box to the new box. Essentially there is no ground running from the outlet back to the panel...
That's what elecrical permits / inspections are for.
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