jedens
Bronze Member
I have moved to a new garage and my compressor keeps (about half the time) throwing the breaker in the garage when it starts. There is nothing else plugged into the circuit. It is plugged into a 20 amp circuit with an 20 amp breaker. The motor is a 15 amp motor. I didn't have any trouble in my previous garage on a 20 amp circuit. Is there such a thing as a "slow-blow" breaker that will accomodate motor startup current, that can be put in a standard Square D residential breaker panel? The plug was a GFCI plug and I thought that might be the problem so I replaced it with a standard plug but that didn't help. Any help is appreciated.