2006-12-08 15:33:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If you have extra switch cavities in your breaker box, you can have another circuit switch installed. Then the dishwasher or microwave can be directly hard wired to the new circuit.
The only other way to have it done is to upgrade the circuit to a higher amperage to handle the load. Either way, you'll need someone who is a journeyman level electrician. You probably know someone who can do either one of these projects. The first one takes but a few moments.
2006-12-12 11:28:28 · answer #1 · answered by M.C. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are all drawing power off one circuit and it's too much. If the microwave can be plugged into a different circuit, do that. Otherwise, run the dishwasher when you're not going to be using the microwave. If you're still using fuses, you have an outdated electrical supply and might consider getting it upgraded. A 60 amp 4-fuse supply was used in the days before blow dryers, dishwashers and microwave ovens. It wasn't made to run all of these things at once. Don't change the fuses to a higher value or you risk a fire.
2006-12-08 23:40:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your supply line is over loaded. Have a breaker box installed and some new wiring put in. If not for your fuse your house could have burned down. Fuses are almost a thing of the past. Now more reliable breaker switches are being used. They are much more easier to work with.
2006-12-10 18:07:43 · answer #3 · answered by redbass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The simplest and cheapest way to fix the problem would to be change the breaker to a higher amperage,but BEWARE. Breakers are designed to protect the wires in the circuit from overheating and causing a short or even worse a fire. Depending on the size wire (gauge) you have going to your appliances, it is possible to upgrade your breaker to a higher amperage. But have someone who knows what there doing (preferably a electrician) to look at it for you, do not just change the breaker like others have told you. Worst case scenario would be to add an extra circuit on another breaker or just use only part of your appliances at one time like others have said.
2006-12-09 00:13:38 · answer #4 · answered by stepch 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll have to do one of two things. 1. upgrade ur current breaker to a higher amperage or 2. have an electrician create a separate fuse for your plug-ins in your kitchen.
What's happening is all those things are pulling too many amps and it's over exerting the lone breaker.
2006-12-08 23:37:47 · answer #5 · answered by kcchiefsfan79 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
stop trying to burn down your house....learn about amperage and electricity, or wake up and smell the burning wires...
sheesh...diswasher may run 12 amps...same for microwave...
tea kettle...also similar....so your possibly running up to 30 plus amps on a 20 amp max circuit...and you have the gall to ask why its tripping
2006-12-09 09:36:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are drawing too much power through your lines. They heat up and blow the breaker, you need to take them one at a time or get them plugged into diffrent lines.
2006-12-08 23:35:36 · answer #7 · answered by Timothy C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it might be that you have them all wired to the same fuse and the fuse can only give so much electric so you will either have to rewire to separate fuses or plug in separate outlets
2006-12-08 23:44:00 · answer #8 · answered by adrjo69 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wowwwwwww first thing you have got to do is this.most breakers are around 15 amp. key word here "amp" if you have a coffee pot on, then you turn on your microwave,it is drawing around 18 amps to run them both.do one at a time, or have another breaker put in to run just each appliance in your kitchen
2006-12-08 23:39:08 · answer #9 · answered by rpoker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find another outlet not on the same circuit maybe an extension cord from another room or just don't run one of the like the dishwasher
2006-12-08 23:39:14 · answer #10 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋