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    Daily nuisance tripping of 230V GFCI breakers!

    Update and advice for others: Followed advice from 1PoolMan1 Update: Followed your advice and replaced Eaton breakers with the Siemens breakers recommended. Neither of the breakers have tripped since replacing. I went from at least daily tripping to no trips in 7 days. Pretty obvious...
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    Daily nuisance tripping of 230V GFCI breakers!

    Heater and Ozone are set to run on 240V at the moment. I currently have Clear03 Ozonator removed electrically because it was oversized adding too much air into the system and keeping the chlorinator from working properly. I have a bleed kit on they way but after reading all the pool school...
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    Daily nuisance tripping of 230V GFCI breakers!

    Thanks everyone for responses. I will say that my theory has proven to not be entirely correct. While my filtration pump has run for 48 hours without tripping, the jet pump did trip again without even trying to run. Siemens breakers on order and I will let you know the results.
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    Daily nuisance tripping of 230V GFCI breakers!

    I have read many articles on this forum (thank you!) about GFCI breakers tripping on VS pumps. I have a Mechanical Engineering and Energy Engineering background and many years of construction experience including electrical. I am by no means an Electrical Engineer and not even a licensed...
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    Which route to go....Gas Heater, Heat Pump, Spa Heater??

    Good thing you live in SoCal so you stand a chance. Trying to go all electric and solar will make owning an in-ground spa a very difficult concept. While heat pumps are very efficient, the energy content in natural gas/propane is just substantially higher. The 400K Natural Gas heater will...
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    Question about Pool coping width

    I am having a pool/spa that is currently being tiled and coping installed. The rear bond beam is raised and is topped with 2x12x24 silver travertine. The bond beam is actually 14-15 inches wide. The back side will be landscaping and flowerbed with no decking so nobody will really be behind...