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AF breakers are finicky AF. Hense the name.
Battery chargers, electronics, phone chargers, etc can set them off.
And electricians get lazy and gang stuff up on "dedicated" circuits, knowing the inspector won't catch it.
Turn off that breaker and check every light and possible electrical item in your house. Something else may be on it.
If it is AF breaker, get rid of it. If it is a GFI breaker, change the outlet to a 20 Amp GFI and put a standard breaker in. Solved problem.
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Year old house call the contractor/builder and I bet they fix it for you. Still under builder's warranty. I'll give them a call. Was going to ask them to spring for a new breaker anyway. I'll ask them to switch types as needed.
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Turn off that breaker and check every light and possible electrical item in your house. I like that idea. I'll do that.
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Bad breaker likely. Seen quite a few of them in the last few years
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As a licensed electrician, my advice is to call a licensed electrician, or the contractor and try to get this repaired under warranty. You can try unplugging everything in the laundry room and see if it still happens just to have some more information. A laundry room should have a dedicated 20 amp circuit. It should be GFCI protected by either a GFCI receptacle, or it will be protected by a GFCI breaker (which sounds like the case).
If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message and I can help you any way I can.
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Is there a ground fault receptacle on this circuit anywhere by chance? ^^^^^This Shouldn't be if the electrician knew what he was doing. Circuit should go directly from the breaker to the washing machine receptacle with nothing else on the circuit. GFI not required on washing machine circuits in most jurisdictions. God I hate getting into electrical questions on the internet but when I see statements like these I have to say something. As per the NEC the wash machine has to be GFI protected and any other receptacles in the room can be on the circuit too. The new code actually requires electric dryers be gfi protected also. Okay, I'll admit when I'm wrong here. The code changed the requirement in 2017 and Oregon didn't adopt the new Code until 2018 - right after I retired. Mea Culpa I didn't keep up with the code changes and even let my license expire.
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As a licensed electrician, my advice is to call a licensed electrician, or the contractor and try to get this repaired under warranty. You can try unplugging everything in the laundry room and see if it still happens just to have some more information. A laundry room should have a dedicated 20 amp circuit. It should be GFCI protected by either a GFCI receptacle, or it will be protected by a GFCI breaker (which sounds like the case).
If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message and I can help you any way I can. X2
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Is the breaker a standard breaker or a GFI breaker, or possibly an Arc Fault type breaker? These last two breakers are known to have problems with motor driven devices at times. Washing machine receptacles aren't required to be GFI or AFI protected according to code in most jurisdictions.
Just a couple things to check... This is the first thing I would check
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