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Welder blowing house fuses, was alright for the past 5 years. welded has had new leads, also electric leads

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Try replacing the breakers in the box if you know how. If the breakers has tripped more than 5 times then that weakens the breaker and it needs to be replaced, this is especially so if you it's 220 volt welder. There may be bus bar wear from arcing and you may have to buy a new breaker and put it in a new slot and not use the breaker that is for the welder at present. If its a stab lock breaker turn it off and remove it and get a new one at any hardware store. IF IT STILL BLOWS THE NEW BREAKER Call an electrician because you may have a lug failing on one leg, if this is the case the box could damage other appliances or kill the side your refrigerator is on or freezer then you have an emergency problem losing the food. let me know if this helped.

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