[RE-wrenches] Breakers weakening?

[Kirk Herander, VSE]

I have a system where the SE10000 inverter fried internally. The 60A AC output breaker tripped several times, as a result of the homeowner resetting over and over until he called me.
I replaced the inverter under warranty and all is fine, except on sunny days the breaker will trip at about 40A, close to the max output of the inverter. Reset it outside of peak inverter output and its good. I assume the breaker has weakened from stress of some sort, so I replaced it and time will tell.
Anyone ever seen a breaker have it's trip point reduced like this?


Kirk Herander / kirkh at vermont.solar [mailto:kirkh at vermont.solar]
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