Jeff_M_PA
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Oct 31, 2008
- Location
- San Diego, CA
Outdoor hot tub about 5 years old, runs on a 30A 220V (single phase) GFI breaker.
Start of the season about a month ago, breaker popped once, reset, worked for 3 weeks. Then yesterday it popped again, won’t reset, so I need to troubleshoot.
Likely possibilities that come to mind are:
1) Bad breaker. I'm probably not that lucky, but it could happen
2) Bad heater, or other electrical component shorting in the tub. These heaters do go bad, had to replace one in a previous tub.
I could of course just buy a new breaker and if that didn’t work, then figure out what the problem is with the tub. I’m looking for troubleshooting advice. Is there a way to determine if the GFI breaker is faulty? Any other hints as I dig into this?
Jeff
Start of the season about a month ago, breaker popped once, reset, worked for 3 weeks. Then yesterday it popped again, won’t reset, so I need to troubleshoot.
Likely possibilities that come to mind are:
1) Bad breaker. I'm probably not that lucky, but it could happen
2) Bad heater, or other electrical component shorting in the tub. These heaters do go bad, had to replace one in a previous tub.
I could of course just buy a new breaker and if that didn’t work, then figure out what the problem is with the tub. I’m looking for troubleshooting advice. Is there a way to determine if the GFI breaker is faulty? Any other hints as I dig into this?
Jeff