How to troubleshoot a circuit breaker 

Just put the playback at 1.5 speed he talks normal if you do.

You, sir - are a legend. I never knew there were 3 positions in the breaker. So I did the full reset and now it works!! Thanks.

Thank you so much. Half of my kitchen wall wasn't working as I was using the microwave. I searched and I found you and boom. You fixed it for me. I've never opened the box that has the breakers before so I feel like a manly man now.

Thank you! Dryer stopped working, after a couple of days looking at the worst case scenarios, I checked the breaker itself and it wasn't seated properly on the rail. Zero dollar fix, thanks again!

My god I can’t believe you reviewed this , and was like …yep it’s perfect.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! So far you are the only one who mentioned that other than bad, outlet or switch their could be a broken wire! Which I think is in my case either a broken wire, short in the wirings due to rain water or old wirings got corroded. Last but not least there may well be chewed on wire due to critters bitting!

Very good explanation. All keep safe.

Play at 1.25x or 1.5x speed if you value your time and sanity.

2:42 You do not "Got" to put the red on the black or any such thing. The voltage in this system "Alternates" so the push an pull is constantly being reversed. Now in DC if you reverse the polarity, Usually the multmeter tells you "-" a minus sign when you have leads reversed.

Single pole breaker is 120volt- 1phase Double pole breaker is 240volt between 2 phases

Thank you for the video.

Exact video I needed. Thank you so much. You saved my marriage. All other videos were mostly useless. The person filming kept dicking around but you were clear and to the point. My dryer works now. Thanks again buddy

very helpful!

Love it now I know thank you

I'm having an issue where im not getting full power to my house. When my refrigerator cranks on, you can here it not getting full power and its sucking power away from my fan; fan slows way down. Any help, thanks!

Good lord is he on slow motion I’m went into Sleep mode woke up the video still on

Thanks, Good video.

Thank you so much!

What if you don't and easy access to ground screw where u r suppose to attach one of the leads? in that case where would you put one of leads?

I had an issue where i work the smoke alarm on the ceiling had a loose connection at the wire nut behind the unit where it connect to line power, after taking off all outlets and switches we realized it was the smoke alarm.

I played this bad boy at 1.75 and felt like Trinity when she learned how to fly the helicopter

How do you determine if the breaker isn't tripping when there is a short circuit or arcing? I had a situation where an old 12awg wire got damaged against a sharp edge in a too small metal box when installing a gfci and the wire melted when I turned the breaker on but it didn't trip the breaker before I manually shut it off. Now that was an arcing situation and not a direct short and this was a standard non gfci/afci breaker. Does that mean the breaker is not necessarily bad? I will probably replace it with a new one but I will still be wondering if it was bad or not.

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Thanks man

Thanks

What about if the breaker is worn and is loosing contact? Not tripping it. Hot to test the resistance of the breaker.

my case is difficult. I check all the output at the CB they have power out but 4 of my outlets do not have power. I dont know the is an open somewhere (the last one connecting to these must have power and loose serial connection). I did not know which one ....

Can I use a noncontact Voltage tester to make sure there’s no more power on my panel after I shut it off completely.

what country are you from? I'm from England our electrics and circuit breakers look much different. here one phase is 230 volts

what a s sick man

I have a bedroom circuit breaker which trips when my microwave runs (completely seperate kitchen circuit breaker and room). My bedroom is one one circuit breaker, and the microwave is on another completely unrelated breaker for my kitchen. They all seem to be a kind of GFI Siemens panel breakers. The bedroom breaker works perfectly unless the microwave is turned on, which causes it to shut off. When shut off, the microwave works fine and you cannot tell anything has changed. Any idea what is going on in this Voo-Doo Doo-Doo?

I have a question so I have a 30amp for my hot water heater when the old heater was token out it was leaking at the heat elements and water was every where then it made a pop electrical spark so should i change my breaker for new one .?

thanks.....

i test my breaker and it's at 120v ... but the room that my breaker protects , all the outlets are reading at 50v. Do i have a faulty breaker or a short somewhere

Do you shut off the power first before testing or no

I pulled down too hard on my breaker when my pressure tank to my well started spraying water out a joint. I fixed the joint but I don't know how to push the breaker back up. It came down only on top. I am very afraid of electricity but I have to do this to get my water back on. It may turn back on the way it is but not sure that's very safe. It is 220. Anyone have simple fix for this? Actually I believe it is 240

Setting of multimeter ?

Hello all I have an issue just happened after storm 2 day ago Electric went out in all area around 1:00 AM but after Electric came back at 10:00 AM less than half the house stuff working and the rest is not working. I tested the breaker is not working to ground and I found it zero and the working circuit breaker are 123v. So I tested the 2 hot lines in the main circuit breaker, both of them 120v but when tested the voltage between the two hot lines, I found it zero and even at the meter. I called the Electric company. When tech came he is nothing wrong and the voltage is good between the 2 hot lines , even he showed me the reading in his voltmeter 245v. He left and I went to my Electric panel to check the voltage I found 240v between the 2 hot lines. Then I started turning on all circuit breaker and turning on all lights , as soon as I turned the upstairs bathroom fan Electric went out in tge sane half of house. Tested the voltage between the two hot lines is zero again even after removing the electric meter. The question Why the incoming power is zero between the two hot lines

Dude sounds like a robot 🤖 🤣

watch at 1.25 speed will save you

What is the difference between single pole and 2 pole breaker?

3:50 another dead elec-chicken. decided to touch a live wire with his finger.

My whole upstairs lights are flickering u think theirs a good chance its a breaker mt house is very old

Don't go ,in off position showing ground , but motor running good condition with a good ampere 87 ,why is show ground in off position ? 3 pH

Anyone skilled in breaker panels/ electrical troubleshooting that can help me? My RV/ camper keeps popping the breaker, all electrical lines work fine, nothing is excessively hooked up (nothing should be using any power), happened when the power went out last week with the storm and was working fine before that, just not ever since. Only one breaker in the RV trips, as well as trips the gcfi outlet that is in the barn. The power to the RV works fine like I said but trips as soon as I plug into RV. I have troubleshoot to the point where I believe I need a new breaker box, but I don't want to spend money on it if it ain't going to fix the problem. Any help is greatly appreciated!

But, thanks u sir

What if breaker keeps popping

Any ytl students here

God he is the slowest explainer lol

I came hete to admire your Fluke! But left because you made me sleepy..

Horrible

DUDE YOUR NOT A ELECTRICAN WE NEVER USE THOSE ARENT VOLTAGE TESTERS THOSE ARE MORE FOR SMALLER STUFF LIKE CURCUIT BOARD

Sorry man, you talk too slow

Waste of time