Re: Ground fault

On Jun 23, 5:52 pm, "Tom Biasi" <tombiasi@********optonline.net>
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"trickyrick" <r...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Good day
I have a little problem with my ground fault always tripping.

I have an above ground pool with a 1hp pump. I have a wire in a
conduit to the pump. The wire is 14/2 and is about 100 ft from the
panel. The pump will run for about 3 to 4 hours and then the breaker
will trip. I have metered the wire and there are no grounds or
shorts. The only thing that I can think of is maybe the size of the
wire. I did unfortunately run the pump before with out any protection
and the breaker never tripped.
Any suggestions on what might be the problem
Thanks
Rick

There are really only three reasons this breaker will trip.
1. You are overloading the breaker.
2. You have uneven hot/neutral current flow. (ground fault condition.)
3. Its defective or miswired.

Tom

Ok thanks
Lets say it was an over load if that was the case would the pump run
for about 3 hours before it triped
If it was a ground fault condition would I not see some kind of ground
on the hot or neutral side ( I see nothing)
If it was misswired would it not trip right away
Thanks

.

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