BeGreen - 03 May 2008 11:50 PM

Redox - 03 May 2008 10:31 PM

Jim: maybe the varmint was only pulling 190 amps?

Chris

Yeah, don’t you just hate those low amperage gophers! They screw up the whole works.

Energy Star rated, no less!

Chris

jebatty - 03 May 2008 07:34 PM

Will take a look - thanks. Is there any safe way to test these?

Jim my advice is if in doubt throw it out.. To test a circuit breaker you practically need to destroy it.. UL tests Interrupting rating and normal trip ratings. Interrupting rating could be 22,000 amps and that means the breaker must be able to trip at that amperage.. This is a Cutler Hammer link that mentions interrupting rating: http://www.eaton.com/EatonCom/Markets/Electrical/Products/ResidentialProducts/Loadcenters/BRStyle1-inchLoadcenters/index.htm?ssSourceNodeId=3483&ssSourceSiteId=EatonCom .

They mention both 10kAIC and 22kAIC ratings meaning 10,000 and 22,000 amps interrupting capacity..

Better safe than sorry so toss it out if any doubts..

Ray

michaelthomas - 29 April 2008 09:43 PM

So I have 2 wood stoves that I watch vigilantly for fire danger and I turn on my ceiling fan and smoke started coming out of the fan switch on the wall.  I took the control out and it had started to melt inside.  A few days ago the ceiling fan started to make a little more “motor” type sound when it was running.  Do you think this is a switch problem or a fan problem?  Switch looked like a real cheap one.  Fan is an 8 year old home depot special, installed by the previous owner.  Unfortunately he was an electrical engineer...he built computer chips...and had no business wiring his own house!  Some of the stuff that we have come across is down right scary.  Anyway what is your best guess?  Switches are cheaper than fans...start there?

It’s probabally a $50 home depot fan, better off to just replace it, along with the speed controller switch. The bearings could be bad due to an improperly balanced fan or as others have said the capacitor could be bad. However make sure the speed selector switch on the fan itself is in the high position when using a speed switch on the wall!

Tim