When a breaker starts tripping it’s a sign that you are requesting a lot of energy on the circuit and need to move some appliances and devices to the other circuits, or it might be a sign that you are receiving little energy and need to be checked.

What are the 3 main reasons why your circuit breaker keeps on tripping.

1. Ground fault

A ground fault is when the electricity that is coming into your house takes an unplanned path to the ground. When contact is made between a hot and ground wire large amount of current goes through the circuit breaker which can cause it to trip.

2. Short Circuit

A short circuit can simply be explained as an unwanted or unintentional path that current electricity can take which bypasses the routes that the current electricity is supposed to take.

It can also be described as when a hot or active electrical wire and a neutral wire touch, causing a large amount of current to flow and overload the circuit. A short circuit usually always causes a breaker to trip or a fuse to blow which can eventually lead to popping sounds or smoke.

3. Circuit Overload

A circuit overload is basically when you to try use more electricity than what your current circuit can provide. This caused the overload and the breaker to trip as a protection mechanism.

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1. The heating and cooling system

Although being a lifesaver our heater or air-conditioner is considered one of the most electricity consumers. When used they can take up to ~40% of our electricity.

2. Kettle

Although small appliances, the kettle always makes sure to use a lot of our electricity.

It’s always advisable to boil only the quantity of water, you would like to use.

3. Refrigerator

The refrigerator seems to not use a lot of power but because it’s always on, it’s considered to use a lot of electricity. On average around 10 % of our electricity usage.

4. Lighting

In the past few years, we have noticed progress in the lighting sector.

From using the CFLs and incandescent bulbs to LEDs.

LED lights help us to save more energy.

Make sure to change all your old CFLs and bulb lights to LEDs lights.

5. Electric oven

An electric oven takes about ~4% of your electricity usage. When possible, use the microwave for less consumption.

6. Microwave

Although small, the microwave consumes enough of your energy bill.

7. Dishwasher

On average, a good dishwasher uses 1.3 kWh, which can significantly impact your electricity bill at the end of the month

8. Washing Machine

Yes! Your washing machine also forms part of the top 10!

Make you of it when needed.

9. TV and cable box

Although considered to be energy efficient, your TV and cable box use an average of 2% of your electricity bills per day.

10. Toaster

Toaster use up to 0,6 % of your electricity bill in about 1KW, so the more toasty you like your bread, the more expensive your electricity bill become.

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