Originally Posted By: psabados This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Hey John
Question! The picture is a 15amp twin breaker. Wooden peg inserted behind the trip lever. Trip indicator on red, indicating that its tripped off. Is this correct? Or is power still being applied to the circuit?
Obiviously there's a short in the system or overload occurring. What did you find behind the cover? Were you able to trace down the problem?
Or was the peg inserted to prevent someone from resetting the circuit breaker again?
Originally Posted By: jonofrey This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Paul,
It was tripped. House was vacant (corp relo) so I reset the breaker. I tested everything. Nothing wrong except one light not coming on in one bedroom. Wiring in the panel looked fine. Plenty of extra space in the panel to wire anything you could want.
Originally Posted By: gbeaumont This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Hi John
I am disgusted with you, as a member of this org and a professional home inspector you should know that only full branches are allowed as part of branch circuit wiring.......... twigs are just not up to the job   
Originally Posted By: Dennis Bozek This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Regardless of what you do to that breaker…twig it…tape it…breaker lock it…super glue it…if the breaker is a good breaker it will STILL trip. The only thing the twig and the tape and the lock and the glue does is keep the handle in the on position…it will still do it’s trip function.
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Originally Posted By: roconnor This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
jonofrey wrote:
... I reset the breaker. I tested everything. ...
John ... I'm surprised you even touched that breaker, unless you are a licensed electrician too. If that circuit sparks the house, they might be knocking at your door even if you didnt really do anything wrong ... 
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Originally Posted By: jonofrey This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I knew I was gonna get busted on that one. I can’t help it. I just wanta flip those fu@kin breakers when I see them tripped like that. Twig or no twig.
Gerry, I guess thats why they call it branch wiring. Ta Da!
Yikes missed that one RC…good call and obviously better eyes than me at my age 
