- 1. [Shop-talk] electrical issue (score: 1)
- Author: "Matt" <mbarre@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:53:43 GMT
- I secured our hot tub when the family was out of town for a week and since it needed cleaning, I ended up leaving it off for a few weeks. I got around to cleaning it up, refilled and when I went to e
- /html/shop-talk/2012-02/msg00044.html (8,040 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] electrical issue (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Marton Jr <jmarton@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:42:56 -0500
- Had the same problem wit our hotub. Ended up being the heating coil had shorted out. Jim I secured our hot tub when the family was out of town for a week and since it needed cleaning, I ended up leav
- /html/shop-talk/2012-02/msg00046.html (8,991 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] electrical issue (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Sinclair" <phoenix722@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:49:57 -0800
- Breakers do fail, and they aren't nice enough to let you know in advance. My hot tub pump switch is also the breaker, which is not really a good idea, as circuit breakers are not really designed to b
- /html/shop-talk/2012-02/msg00047.html (9,160 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] electrical issue (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:56:18 -0500
- Can you disconnect the load from the breaker and: 1: Check that the breaker stays on with no load? 2: Check that there is no conductivity from the load to ground? 3: Check that the load resistance is
- /html/shop-talk/2012-02/msg00048.html (8,224 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] electrical issue (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:12:49 -0800
- I think you're on the right track; just wanted to point out that sometimes breakers fail such that they won't carry the rated power (but will stay closed with little or no load current). -- Randall
- /html/shop-talk/2012-02/msg00049.html (7,518 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] electrical issue (score: 1)
- Author: "Matt" <mbarre@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 19:49:14 GMT
- As usual, good guidance from the list. I disconnected power from the spa and confirmed the breaker works (it was doing exactly what it is supposed to do!) I have a short somewhere in the spa. As some
- /html/shop-talk/2012-02/msg00050.html (8,755 bytes)
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