(I always stand to one side of the panel and turn my face away as I reset a breaker in case of an unlikely arc flash explosion.) If the breaker trips immediately, you need to investigate.

a breaker switch could break if it gets tripped too much, but you can get a replacement switch on Amazon fairly easily. Replacing an entire breaker panel might be a bit pricier, though.

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