ShaneB
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All this being said...there are some 15 amp breakers that seem "weak" and some that seem "strong"
I have run a steamer, compressor and vacuum pulling powerat the same time, which should have popped the breaker and didn't
At another house the 15 amp breaker blew repeatedly with the same gear
Thats kind of scary knowing that load didn't pop the breaker. When a circuit is overloaded, the breaker should pop to prevent a fire that could potentially burn the house down. Id say that you are quite lucky something didn't happen.
i had a room in my house lose power once, when the roofers started their table saw when my roof got replaced. Family room and outlet in garage were on the same circuit and I thought the breaker poped. Turns out it didn't because someone made a MASSIVE MISTAKE. The circuit was protected with a 20 amp breaker, but the switches and outlets were rated for 15 amps. What happened when they started the table saw was that a switch controlling my outside light caught fire briefly. Lucky being contained in a box, it went out immediately. This could of very easily been MUCH worse though