Bissell ProHeat keeps tripping breaker?
Posted on December 26th, 2010 in Bissell Steam Cleaner | 2 Comments »
I have a Bissell ProHeat 2x that I bought yesterday. I live in a brand new townhome, built in August. The minute I turn the steam cleaner on it trips the breaker for the entire room.There is NOTHING else plugged in, no lights turned on or anything in there. Do I have to return it or is there another way to keep the power from overloading the circuit?
No it’s not in a GFI outlet. I tried every outlet around the room(its the spare bedroom. Theres not even a tv in there) its empty. Every single time i switched the power on the cleaner the entire room loses power.
Thanks guys! I think its the cleaner. I had another Bissell in this house, it just wasn’t what I needed but I never had anything like this happen with that steam cleaner. I tried this new one in every room, all the breakers were tripped. Guess I’ll be going back to where I got it : / I am disappointed though, I’m a clean freak and was VERY excited to clean my carpets haha
2 Responses
Do you have it plugged into a GFI circuit? This would cause it to trip.
Hi There,
Those cleaners are all rated at 12 amps of power so they should not trip your circuit breaker. Your circuit breakers will either be rated at 15 or 20 amps (plenty of power for the Bissell).
Therefore either you have a weak breaker or the Bissell is faulty.
You can try the Bissell in another room (different circuit breaker) to check.
If the other circuit breaker trips then the Bissell is faulty and I would return it for a replacement or just get my money back.
If the secomd CB does not trip then I would suspect the CB in the first room has a problem and have an electrician check the circuit.
Hope this helps,
Al