joshj81f1 said:
I've been in a brand new home (newly built last year) and just this past month my rec room wall socket circuit breaker has started to trip. It will trip randomly but its doing it often. Once it tripped 3 times in one hour. I have about 6 outlets in the room and only 3 are in use but only two them use a surge protector strip ( the third is only running a bed side lamp).
Your post can be read many different ways. For example, by a 'wall socket circuit breaker', do you mean a GFCI? Or a breaker inside a mains breaker box? Is it a conventional breaker or an arc fault type? Are all those receptacles on the same breaker (I can only assume)?
Breakers rarely fail. Most failures including those often missed by electricians are traceable to the load or a wiring fault - not the breaker.
Instead of asking for help from a subjective post, post the power consumption for each item. Every item should list its watts or amps. Useful answers are only possible when numbers are provided. Even ampere rating for the tripping breaker was not provided.
Also appreciate what those power strips do. The Monster, for example, could create a house fire for reasons completely different from a tripping breaker. If a Monster is tripping a conventional breaker, then it is hotter than a bread toaster. If the breaker is a different type, then a long list of other suspects exist. Too many to list. And an example of why essential technical details with spec numbers are necessary to have a useful reply.