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Fri 5 May, 2017 11:56 am
Help! I am in no way a professional; I have been having issues for the past two weeks, in my main panel I have a 60amp breaker that runs #6 thnn 4 wire thru 1" conduit 130ft underground, and connects to a spa sub panel, the wires connect to the neutral bar, the separate ground bar; and the black and red connect as standard in the spa sub panel; in the sub panel there is a 50a gfci Siemens breaker, with white pig tail; the spas black, white and red connects directly to the gfci, the ground connects to the sub panels ground bar; their is pig tail off the gfci that connects directly to the neutral bar.
This setup worked fine for about 2 weeks then the gfci started tripping more and more frequently, I have replaced the breaker with another brand new identical breaker, I replaced the original #8 wires with #6, 130ft!!! I changed the breaker in the main panel to 60a from a 50a, the spa works great and stays on overnight when the ground for the spa is not connected to the ground bar; please help; I feel like I have tried everything!
@Chrisdarr,
Perhaps if you had hired a licensed electrician in the first place, you had have saved a bunch of time and maybe even saved some money. And at this point, for safety sake, it's a must.
@Ragman,
Ok that doesn't help, the original work was done by and electrician. But after spending $1500 cash for someone to run the elcetrical, I didn't get around to getting the hot tub hooked up for 6 months. The electrician ran #8 wire, I pulled it out and ran #6; not much else was changed aside from breakers
@Chrisdarr,
Ground faults generally trip because there is a grounding issue. If it's intermittent then it could be something heating up to the point of causing a short/ground. Could also just be poorly grounded.
I suspect your problem is your wiring. At over a 100' you probably should have stepped up to #4 wire. That's an awfully long run.
You should also consider a complaint against your electrician for running #8 wire which is definitely too small for a 60 amp circuit.
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