Non Tripped Circuit Breaker

[hillbilly1]

Someday, after enough comments about CH breakers not tripping are made, someone just may begin to see a pattern emerge.....

The CH style works as well as the Square D QO's, those are not the problem, the BA's are an apparent left over from the Westinghouse junk they bought.

 

[brian john]

The CH style works as well as the Square D QO's, those are not the problem, the BA's are an apparent left over from the Westinghouse junk they bought.

Is this a personal belief or is there data to substantiate this comment?

 

[mdshunk]

Is this a personal belief or is there data to substantiate this comment?

I'd almost bet money they're Westinghouse inside. You'd need to drill one of each apart to see for sure, but I feel pretty good about guessing that they're probably part-for-part identical. As for not tripping, that's a horse of another color. Never have I either experienced that or heard of it until just now.

 

[sparky59]

most of those icemakers have a heating element that heats the tray so the ice will release. it may have malfuntioned and released some smoke.

 

[mxslick]

most of those icemakers have a heating element that heats the tray so the ice will release. it may have malfuntioned and released some smoke.

Re-read the OP and post #5, sounds like more than the heater failed. :roll:

 

[ohm]

most of those icemakers have a heating element that heats the tray so the ice will release. it may have malfuntioned and released some smoke.

Sounds like the timer or the thermostat on the heater could have failed. Also, the icemaker may have not had adequate ventilation around it and overheated the wire insulation.

GE ought to do an autopsy on the thing and send us some feedback.

 

[steelersman]

Got a phone call today from a good customer of mine informing me that a GE under the counter ice maker caught on fire over the weekend. This is in a bar area of this residence for retired priests. The unit plugs into a standard 20 amp 120 volt outlet. Unfortunately the circuit breaker did not trip. They want to know why the wiring inside the unit could burn up without tripping the breaker.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. These are Cutler Hammer single pole 20 amp type BA breakers. Many times we here of recalls about toasters or dishwashers with similar problems

you mean BR I think

 

[steelersman]

The CH style works as well as the Square D QO's, those are not the problem, the BA's are an apparent left over from the Westinghouse junk they bought.

You mean BR I think