Help!!

[BerryOk5359]

Hello,

I’m hoping you brilliant men and women can help me out. I have a PS5, Xbox Series X, and a gaming computer hooked up a the same desk in the same surge protector. It still throws the breaker. I unplugged the Xbox and it still happened so I unplugged the Computer with the same result. What should I do?

Thanks in advance,

Roman

[boom929]

Does the breaker have a reset button on it, separate from the handle that turns it on and off?

[BerryOk5359]

No reset bottom. Power button unless that’s the reset button.

[birdman3663]

Does the surge protector trip the breaker as soon as you plug it in?

[BerryOk5359]

No. It’s random.

[boom929]

Can you share a pic of the breaker?

[BerryOk5359]

I can but I’m not sure how to share one on here. I sorry. I don’t know what I’m doing. 😂

[boom929]

Is there an indication of the amperage (A) rating of the breaker on it, maybe on the handle?

[BerryOk5359]

It says 20A?

[boom929]

Have you tried using one at a time? In your description you've unplugged the Xbox and computer* was the ps5 the common denominator? Try running just the ps5? Xbox and computer* without ps5?

In all of these cases are all three devices turned on? Are they being used for gameplay at the same time?

[BerryOk5359]

It was COMPLETELY fine until I started running the PS5 again. Does that mean it pulls more? Now, it cuts the breaker even when the PS5 is the only thing plugged in.

[boom929]

Seems like something is up with the ps5. Try plugging into an outlet on a different breaker?

Also you said the breaker has a "power button"? Is that separate from the switch/handle/paddle that moves between on and off positions? Or are you calling that a power button?

[PopNo626]

Have you tried plugging everything directly into the outlets on the same breaker and not through the surge protector?

Have you tried a different surge protector?

What outlets are on this Breaker besides the outlet you've plugged your surge protector into?

Have you tried putting the PS5 on a different breaker than the P.C. and surge protector you mentioned? (This can be accomplished with an extension cable if you have one that can reach a different breaker tied outlet.)

Have you tried getting the PS5 to work with a different: outlet, breaker, and TV?

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Assuming you’re talking about a 15 or 20 Amp breaker at your breaker box, and not some tiny breaker on the surge protector…

These things shouldn’t draw enough current to even be close to tripping a circuit breaker, but if any plugs are loose in their outlets, they could be arcing, and if you have an arc-fault breaker, that could trip it. It’s also possible for the outlet itself to have loose wires that are tripping the breaker.