2007-02-14 13:04:40 · 5 answers · asked by lamapa516 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Technically, the fridge should be on it's own circuit. Well, it seems you don't have this situation. So, what you need to do is figure out EXACTLY what is powered by this circuit. What you will have to do is some investigation. It will mean running back and forth to the breaker box to figure out what lights, what outlets and what appliances go off when you turn off that breaker.
You need to figure out EVERYTHNG that is on this circuit. Changing it is not too big of a deal, but getting a licensed electrician to do the work is a better option, once you figure out what is what in your circuits.
Again, your "appliances" EACH need their OWN circuits.
2007-02-14 14:08:17 · answer #1 · answered by elpetay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when the idiot who added on to my old farmhouse rewired, he put half the house on the same fuse. I wonder if this is your problem. I have no doubt there is much more on that circuit than what you have mentioned. unless the one small appliance is a coffee maker or something else that takes 1500 watts. and no way should you ever blow 2 fuses at once. a fridge should run on a 20 amp fuse nicely. time to put out some bucks and get an electrician over there befor you have serious problems.
2007-02-14 21:32:16 · answer #2 · answered by La-z Ike 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of a refrigerator using two 30 amp fuses. It should only be a 110 volt compressor and should only need one fuse of probably 15, maybe 20 amps. It should be on it's own dedicated circuit, but in many older homes they're on with something else in the kitchen. No way it should blow a single 30 amp, let alone two 30 amp fuses unless something is significantly screwed up.
2007-02-14 21:18:48 · answer #3 · answered by Corky R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In order for the fuses to "blow", there needs to be a load on the circuit in excess of the fuses capacity. Youre 'fridge and the other "small appliance" shouldn't be generating that much load, do you need to investigate what OTHER things are running on that same circuit, because it is obvous that something else is!
2007-02-14 21:16:16 · answer #4 · answered by Hank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CT is over loading, maybe one of the appliances is going bad need some one to go troubleshoot the circuit
2007-02-14 23:38:06 · answer #5 · answered by melissa s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋