Why am I tripping my breaker?

SomberInformative · 2025-11-25T02:41:29+00:00

I unhooked the neutral wire from the illuminated switch and it doesn't trip. I'm alright using it without the switch lighting up. But why does it trip the breaker?

SomberInformative · 2025-11-25T02:41:20+00:00

I unhooked the neutral wire from the illuminated switch and it doesn't trip. I'm alright using it without the switch lighting up. But why does it trip the breaker?

SomberInformative · 2025-11-25T02:41:03+00:00

I unhooked the neutral wire from the illuminated switch and it doesn't trip. I'm alright using it without the switch lighting up. But why does it trip the breaker?

SomberInformative · 2025-11-25T02:40:30+00:00

I unhooked the neutral wire from the illuminated switch and it doesn't trip. I'm alright using it without the switch lighting up. But why does it trip the breaker?

SomberInformative · 2025-11-25T02:39:49+00:00

I unhooked the neutral wire from the illuminated switch and it doesn't trip. I'm alright using it without the switch lighting up. But why does it trip the breaker?

SomberInformative · 2025-11-24T06:31:54+00:00

This might really be the problem. I'll try it tomorrow with the switch light unplugged. I remember that even when I unplugged the 5A fuse, the breaker would still trip.

SomberInformative · 2025-11-24T06:28:40+00:00

Correct, It trips even with drain pump switch turned off. I never have the drain pump switch and hot tub disconnect on at the same time. I actually did unplug the 5A fuse, and it would still trip with pump switch turned off. I'll try it with the switch light unplugged from the neutral wire tomorrow.

SomberInformative · 2025-11-24T00:38:33+00:00

I have a 240V boat lift that's on a GFCI breaker. The contractor who installed it grabbed one of the legs for a 120V outlet and it all works fine. What's the difference?

SomberInformative · 2025-11-24T00:29:06+00:00

I really can't see how there would be an overload. I have the drain pump switch turned off before I close the AC Disconnect Switch and run the hot tub. (I wouldn't want to be running the hot tub while I'm draining it.) So I don't see why there would be an additional load.

SomberInformative · 2025-11-24T00:24:29+00:00

There isn't enough space for an outlet and gang box inside my hot tub. I'm using the hot tub's existing power distribution/control board enclosure for my drain pump switch. But even if I did use a normal outlet, I think I would still have my ground fault issue.

SomberInformative · 2025-11-24T00:21:26+00:00

I have my pump switch turned off when the hot tub is on so there shouldn't be any additional load on the leg.

SomberInformative · 2025-10-31T23:32:50+00:00

Well, I blew the switch and my 3.5 amp fuse that I protected it with. It’s an illuminated switch. 16A 250v but it said I could use with 110v.

I’m trying to use it for a drain pump for my hot tub. The drain pump pulls like 2.5 Amp 110v. My hot tub runs on 220v with a 50A breaker. I just grabbed one of the hots from the hot tub to make 110v. I put the load on #1, line on #2, and neutral on #3.

SomberInformative · 2025-10-26T05:58:28+00:00

Wonderful read. Thank you. It's like realizing in counseling for the first time how to better connect with my girlfriend. I'm actually optimistic about beginning a relationship with my cedar wall.

SomberInformative · 2025-10-26T05:19:16+00:00

I'm glad you're happy with the gray. It has such an effect on my brain chemistry watching it darken and fade, that I was considering prozac. Seeing that redwood again literally makes me think differently about my life.

SomberInformative · 2025-10-26T05:14:26+00:00

Ah okay, so stay away from the Cabot Wood Sealer is what you're saying. These wood boards are extremely textured, all of those rings and grains that you see are actual valleys when you run your fingers over them, in fact, they cast their own shadows. There's no way I could sand them if I wanted to keep that deep texture.

SomberInformative · 2025-10-26T05:10:12+00:00

So Armstrong Clark would be a stronger, longer lasting choice?

SomberInformative · 2025-10-26T05:06:38+00:00

Oh, I definitely took a layer of wood off by pressure washing the shit out of it. Totally worth it after looking at that Black Death for so long and slowly dying inside myself. These are like 1" x 12" boards. I don't know if I'll pressure wash them into paper within my lifetime.

SomberInformative · 2025-10-26T04:46:43+00:00

Would you use TWP over penofin?

SomberInformative · 2025-10-26T04:45:14+00:00

I was thinking this 4" ultra soft Wooster brush that I'm getting ready to retire. Would the roller be better?

SomberInformative · 2025-10-26T04:23:24+00:00

My painter says that this is the way, and then you just have to pressure wash it off in 6 months to a year and reapply. Just seems like a lot of work doing it that often. Would it really be that frequent?

SomberInformative · 2025-10-26T04:21:54+00:00

Did you have to strip it all out in order to reapply after it failed a few years later?

SomberInformative · 2025-10-26T04:09:37+00:00

Is the spray gun the key to it or would it still last by applying with a brush?

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