Wrong move
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The risky shortcut is installing a bigger breaker without checking conductor ampacity and fault conditions. A motor can trip a breaker because of inrush current, overload, locked rotor, undersized conductors, short circuit, ground fault, bad capacitor, or wrong breaker/application.
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