Originally Posted by Starz26

Sounds like your amps are too much for the breaker...A couple of things you need to find out:

1. do you have modern circuit breakers or fuses. breakers
2. do you have a 100 amp or 200 amp circuit breaker 200
3. Add up all your breakers and make sure they do not go over the total amps for your service. gah? there are 5 breakers on the right side of the box that range from BR130-BR115. There's the main that looks like it says BR2000. We have a 220v outlet for an air conditioner that has it's own breaker and some others that I couldn't see well for the boiler and the outside lights etc.
4. If you have free breakers, move a few of the items to those breakers. I wouldn't know the first step in doing this, but would this be an easy thing for somebody who does?
5. If you do not have, try to balance out the load a little..once again, not anywhere near my level of understanding. Is it easy to tell what outlet goes to what wire?
6. Balance by taking high amp items (toaster over, microwave) and splitting them onto breakers that do not have as much of a load. Keeping in mind that a 10 amp breaker cannot take as much as a 20 amp (I know duh)

If you only have a 100 amp service, consider upgrading to a 200 amp service. can be done on your own for what 1000-2000 including all materials? Someone may have a better cost estimate.

Hope this helps