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Are all brands of breakers having nuisance trip issues?

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Hat Creek McCrae

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I'm having what seems like a disproportionate amount of Nuisance Trips. Many are related to microwaves but of late they seem to be going back to dimmers. I'm trying to avoid unduly slandering the brand of breakers. I spoke to a tech from this company, he had some helpful pointers but the bottom line was for me to do more troubleshooting....on new installations. So, please name the brands you use that do NOT have issues with nuisance trips and let me know how the company is currently keeping up with inventory.
 
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Last two apartment complexes we did (about 1500 units) had very few nuisance trips with Eaton AFCI breakers.
 
Dennis Alwon

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I have never had much issue with GE gfci breakers or Afci breakers. I feel like you are playing a game with us... Tell us specifics or I am finished here.
 
Dennis Alwon

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I did a remo job and had to add an gfci breaker from Seimens. I had to replace it twice, then went back to the supplier and right out of the box they were all defective
 
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hillbilly1

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Hat Creek McCrae said:
I'm having what seems like a disproportionate amount of Nuisance Trips. Many are related to microwaves but of late they seem to be going back to dimmers. I'm trying to avoid unduly slandering the brand of breakers. I spoke to a tech from this company, he had some helpful pointers but the bottom line was for me to do more troubleshooting....on new installations. So, please name the brands you use that do NOT have issues with nuisance trips and let me know how the company is currently keeping up with inventory.
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Just started using Siemens loadcenters, and today swapped over from a 60 amp fuse box to a 150 amp panel. Got five minutes away from the job, everything working great (which really surprised me with all of the existing hack job wiring) when the homeowner calls me and says they were using the microwave, and lost all power. Got back, they had only tripped one breaker, ( afci/gfi combo) they didn’t notice they still had lights and power in other parts of the house! Ran the microwave, a couple of times, then it would trip. A couple of more times, then another trip. Of course the customer complained they never had a problem with the microwave before, but then since everything was fused at 30 or 50 amps, I wonder why? (Washer outlet was tagged off the water heater circuit) Microwave circuit was pulling 13 amps.
 
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