So yesterday I was able to narrow it down to my stove that was tripping the breaker. Anybody knows what I can do to resolve the issue? The stove is a gas stove and as soon as you plug it into an outlet it trips the breaker. It is also under 5 years old as well. Any ideas?
Try pluging it into another breaker and see if it is truly the stove? Have you tried pluging something else in that same outlet that your stove is pluged into? Maybe try a meter and see what reading your getting from the outlet?
Also, try checking resistance across the prongs of the plug. None of them should be short (near zero resistance) **EDIT** NOT THAT THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT EASILY, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE IT PLUGGED INTO THE WALL WHEN YOU ARE CHECKING RESISTANCE!
I kind of want to see what will happen if I measure the resistance of a live outlet, I have a couple free harbor freight meters laying around... They need to turn power back on at my house first though . As for the stove, it could be anything, obviously there's a short in it causing the breaker to trip. Could be melted wires together, a loose wire touching ground, dead mouse hanging out on some contacts, flux capacitor got too low and is requiring too much current to recharge, OK maybe not the last one, but you get the idea. You need to have someone take it apart and look at it to really figure out what's causing the short.
So I finally figured it out last night. Apparently, the light bulb socket and cup exploded and was causing the short. Removed it and now it works fine, waiting for replacement part to come in. Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated.
