The electrican took 3 hours to reach my house from the time I called. He had one of those big 6V Everready flashlight with a weak beam that he was about to use to check my circuit breaker. To assist him, I switch on my modded Mag 2C with 3x CR123. His immediate comment was my light was very bright and switch off his EVerready. He found loose electrical cables which cause 2 circuit breaker to melt a little. It took him close to an hour to replace both burnt circuit breakers and ensure all cables are correctly wired and tighten.
It would probably be a good idea to have the rest of your domestic electrical wiring checked out as well. Shoddy workmanship at the circuit breaker probably indicates other safety issues for your domestic wiring. The US domestic wiring will be different to the UK standards but a socket tester such as this one at
http://www.martindale-electric.co.uk/sockets.htmwill test for the correct socket polarity and earth leakage problems. There should be a US equivalent tester to test for wall socket wiring problems.
Having a Residual Current Circuit Breaker RCCB installed is highly desirable as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual-current_deviceThey are known life savers protecting against lethal electrocution.
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