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General => Beating a dead horse => Topic started by: bandito on August 17, 2014, 12:24:16 am

Title: breaker keeps jumping
Post by: bandito on August 17, 2014, 12:24:16 am

The GFI breaker has  recently has been jumping lately.  Whenever the heater kicks in a few minutes later the breaker jumps and one if the leads coming from the breaker gets hot and smokes a little. Here is a picture of the lead (http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u381/mazdawarrior/20140816_131944_zpse0bc93b5.jpg) (http://s1065.photobucket.com/user/mazdawarrior/media/20140816_131944_zpse0bc93b5.jpg.html).  I tested the breaker with a volt meter.  117 volts from each hot lead to ground and 234 from hot lead to hot lead so it appears to be working properly. I checked all the wiring for shorts and no luck.  I also poked around the wiring looking for one the may be hot which was not the case. I even pulled the filter figuring that maybe the pump was working to hard. Any ideas for trouble shooting?

Title: Re: breaker keeps jumping
Post by: bandito on August 22, 2014, 10:29:29 pm

So I replaced the breaker with a 40amp breaker as specified in the manual. Ran it for about 6 hours with no problems or any wires getting hot.

Title: Re: breaker keeps jumping
Post by: clovett on August 28, 2014, 08:11:41 am

If you replaced it with a 40 amp breaker what size GFI breaker were you using before?