Every time i dry my hair I have to flip the breaker. What can I do to prevent this from happen' all the time?

Question

The power in half my townhome goes out when this happens, but not in all the rooms. How can I fix this?

Answer 1

It's most likely that your hairdryer itself needs replacing.  Over time the elements get covered in fluff and overheat.  It's worth getting a new one, as if this is the problem it may be a bit dangerous and you don't want to set your hair on fire.

Answer 2

Lydias right it could be a tv, coffee maker, toaster, microwave

Answer 3

Breakers get weak over time.  Once they trip, it is more likely to trip over and over.  The solution is to dry your hair using the circuit that doesn't trip, or change the old breaker that continues to trip.   Good luck and God bless.

Answer 4

pay $200 for a separate circuit or buy a lower power hair dryer

the breaker is tripping because the hair dryer is over loading the circuit remove some of the load(IE smaller hair dryer or unplug other things on the circuit) or have the correct size circuit put in

saying you don't want to pay money to fix it is like saying i cant reach my 10 foot ceiling with a 2 foot ladder how can i reach with out buying a bigger ladder--- you don't have enough power available to run that hair dryer from that outlet

Answer 5

you have to meanly thing on the braker and that why it keep going off . find a outlet that went trip off your hair dryer.

Answer 6

The breaker flips because you are suddenly using a lot of electricity.

Unplug something that uses a lot of energy. Example: I have to unplug my space heater. If you don't know what that would be you could just turn off lights and unplug everything in the area where the electricity goes out before using the hair dryer. This will prevent the breaker from flipping.

You could also try using the dryer in the part of the house on a different breaker (the part where the power stays on).

Edit:

Your hair dryer doesn't have to be old to do this. I have a brand new one that will do it.

Answer 7

if you don't want to replace anything then just turn  some other things off that are on the same breaker