Last week got a call to check out a breaker that wouldn't re-set. Resident said nothing new on the circuit. Sure enough, it wouldn't re-set, so I traced it out. On the 15A circuit: washer; computer with monitor, printer, scanner, etc; big screen tv; gamer box; end table lights (you know the kind that are rated at 75 W and the resident puts in 150's); X-mas tree lights; exterior X-mas lights; and a 1500 watt space heater in the garage connected via a $1.50 zip style extension cord (the space heater was trying to heat a 2 car garage that was un sheetrocked, un insulated and open to the soffit vents). These folks don't get the Darwin Award, but they're sure practicing hard for one.
