breaker keeps throwing
Can anyone tell me why our main breaker at the meter keeps throwing? We've replaced it, tried over loading it....but it happens at random times, usually when nothing is being used. We have 10-3 wire r...
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ScottG wrote:enblethen wrote:
If the connector is soaking wet it could be enough to trip breaker.
I'm sorry but that's not correct. Plain water is not conductive enough to trip a breaker or blow a fuse (unless it's a pico-fuse). That's in part why they came up with GFCI's.
Kind of a oddity really; it wont conduct enough to create any kind of serious load but since a person can be killed by a little as a few milli-amps, it conducts enough to ruin your day!
But I agree with you that it will trip a GFCI.
Scott
Scott is correct. We have shore power cords dropped in the water at marinas all the time and the breaker won't trip unless it's a GFCI.
