In the past few months a breaker keeps tripping in my house. The house is only about 4 1/2 years old and the breaker covers my entire office the laundry room outlet (not the washer and dryer) as well as a garage outlet that is only used when I am working in the garage.
I used a receptacle tester today and found that all of the outlets are working properly. I removed outlet covers and don't see any moisture or water or signs of such (wet baseboards, drywall, etc).
The circuit typically has a light / fan (wired to the outlet switch), LED TV, desktop printer, AT&T internet and cable box and modem and XBOX One video game system on one power strip, work laptop, desktop printer, small paper shredder, desktop computer monitor on a 2nd power strip. Occasionally there might be a AA battery charger or rechargeable flashlight plugged in temporarily. I wouldn't think this could overload the system.
The problem has been occurring for about 4-5 weeks. I am 99.9% certain that every time it has tripped I was playing video games on the XBOX ONE. The problem also seems to have started around the same time I switched to AT%T and they installed the box / modem AND I moved the XBOX from the living room. I did call AT&T, they came, replaced the box and said the problem was not their equipment.
I have taken a power strip and run in to the adjacent bathroom that utilizes a different breaker, played video games all night and had no problems.
What are my options? Is the easiest thing to just replace the power unit for the XBOX?
I am slightly worried now that they breaker has tripped probably upwards of 30 times since it has been occurring. I understand that this could be putting large stress on the circuit itself. The employee at Lowes told me not to waste my money replacing the circuit because he says it is obvious the problem is the XBOX.
I used a receptacle tester today and found that all of the outlets are working properly. I removed outlet covers and don't see any moisture or water or signs of such (wet baseboards, drywall, etc).
The circuit typically has a light / fan (wired to the outlet switch), LED TV, desktop printer, AT&T internet and cable box and modem and XBOX One video game system on one power strip, work laptop, desktop printer, small paper shredder, desktop computer monitor on a 2nd power strip. Occasionally there might be a AA battery charger or rechargeable flashlight plugged in temporarily. I wouldn't think this could overload the system.
The problem has been occurring for about 4-5 weeks. I am 99.9% certain that every time it has tripped I was playing video games on the XBOX ONE. The problem also seems to have started around the same time I switched to AT%T and they installed the box / modem AND I moved the XBOX from the living room. I did call AT&T, they came, replaced the box and said the problem was not their equipment.
I have taken a power strip and run in to the adjacent bathroom that utilizes a different breaker, played video games all night and had no problems.
What are my options? Is the easiest thing to just replace the power unit for the XBOX?
I am slightly worried now that they breaker has tripped probably upwards of 30 times since it has been occurring. I understand that this could be putting large stress on the circuit itself. The employee at Lowes told me not to waste my money replacing the circuit because he says it is obvious the problem is the XBOX.