main 30a circuit breaker problem

Try clicking it all the way over the opposite direction of clicking it on then click it to the on position.

no luck, but thanks for input.

bad switch maybe? Even if it's new, could be bad. Something is shorting out somewhere, causing the breaker to not set. Since the only thing you've done (it appears), is swap the switch, that's where I'd start.

Edit: I missed the fact that you disconnected the switch. So, perhaps a short in the fan itself?

Mike

Will the 30A breaker reset if you turn all the other breakers off?

my "new" switch was my first thought...so I took it back out and capped each of the four wires..still can not get breaker to reset even without the switch wired. My thinking is that the switch is not now an issue (if it ever was a problem). My logic is saying the problem is the circuit breaker itself. If I can't find a way to get to reset I might need a new one.

I've tried with all the other breakers off, with power to the FW off. with power to the FW on. I did test the voltage going into the breaker and it is ok when power to the unit in on.

Sometimes they just fail... I found the same name breaker at LOWES when I needed a new one... May have been the first time it had been switched since 2003 hehe...

Roy Ken

Thanks to all....i am going to pop it out and get another circuit breaker.

If it doesn't reset even with power off, then yeah, I agree another circuit breaker.

Mike

Regardless of whether the switch is good or bad, it shouldn't have both hot and neutral connected to it so it shouldn't be able to create a short.