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  1. PoolFool.

    Pump GFCI breaker trips when bonding wire attached

    Just a guess but I think the problem is in your 2nd picture with the L2 connection and only a few strands. When the 120v phase for L1 is "on" (like 1/60th of every second) the L2 connection may be seeing a load imbalance because it cannot return the same load to your electric service over those...
  2. PoolFool.

    Pump GFCI breaker trips when bonding wire attached

    Wow, that 2nd picture shows the blue wire has backed out a lot from it's connection (notice the white and brown have the insulation inside the wire clamp / spade assembly. But that black wire may only have a couple of strands still attached to the pump. I'd redo at least about half of those...
  3. PoolFool.

    DIY Solar--What to do for a pump?

    linzjane88 I've been thinking of doing a similar DIY setup. The changes I would make to your example posted would be a layer of foil faced polyiso insulation below the PEX tubing and tempered glass instead of plexiglass cover. Of course that glass makes it very expensive (anyone let me know...