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Amp tripping circuit breaker.

I have a 20 amp circuit, AFCI breaker, with only my entertainment rack on it.  The breaker has been tripping periodically for about a year now.  Recently the problem has been worse and I suspected my amplifier.  Long story short, the breaker only trips when the amp is plugged in, with statistical certainty.  Unknown if it matters if amp is on or not.

Amp is a Monolith 7.  I opened the cover and saw no obvious signs of damage.  Everything is clean and dust free.

any thoughts?
magneplanman

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jetter
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Thanks for the information jea48, live and learn.  I will talk to my electrician about it.  I know changing a breaker is a simple thing, but I would rather not mess around with it myself.

I do know that when a friend was going to replace the breaker in question, for some reason it was not one of cheaper ones that GE makes.  It had something about it that made it a $50+/- variant.
jetter
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I had the same thing happen, but only with a particular high current amp. Other more modest amps would not trip the breaker. But if I plugged the high current amp in any other circuit it would not trip a breaker.

I haven't done so yet, but replacing the breaker is on my to do list.
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