humming breaker

I was by my panel this evening and i noticed that there was a humming sound that i hadn't ever noticed before. I reset one breaker (one that blows more frequently than any other), and the humming went away. I checked a few hours later and there is still no humming. Do i need to be concerned about this?

Thanks.

 

If you are frequently blowing a breaker something is wrong. It is tripping because of a reason. How much load is on it? I never have breakers trip and you shouldnt either.

 

it 's not as wrong as you might think. i live in a old house that has some crazy circuits. this particular one is tripping because the load of 15 amps is being reached. There are too many things into it (lights on 3 floors, a bathroom - hair dryer is the biggest culprit).


Anyone have any suggestions about the humming breaker?

 

"it 's not as wrong as you might think. I live in a old house that has some crazy circuits"

Obviously it is causeing a problem. It isnt just the breaker that is the problem now, it is the load on it. I would run a new circuit to the bathroom just for a recepticle and disconnect that part of the exixting one. That is overloaded and a fire waiting to happen if there ever was one. Besides the breaker it is putting the maximum strain on all the old connections in junction boxes. No way would I be using the hair dryer until it was upgraded. Then replace the breaker that was causing the problem as it is stressed from being continiously overloaded.

 

thanks,

I agree, it looks like this is going to have to be bumped up on my projects list. appreciate the insight.

 

I have a few known higher loads which would simulate a hair dryer and I have a direct wire from the panel to the recept for them. No connectors in them. That is a good thing for places like a bath where that is happn,, hair dryers and curling iron going on at the same time. When I wire a home I give that recept its own circuit. There are also several codes pertaining to wiring bathrooms and that covers most of them when that is done. GFCI also.