We build back in 2018. Waterfall and spa blower share a 2-pole breaker. When I run the blower for the spa it’ll run for a few minutes (5-15) then the breaker trips. I wait a minute and reset the breaker and the breaker trios anywhere from 5-60 seconds later.
We isolated the waterfall by disconnecting the blower and it works fine.
I replaced the breaker (arc fault, $95 at Lowe’s) and still had the issue. Pool builder sent us a new blower motor and replaced it today... still having the breaker trip.
I changed relay positions of the wires and it still trips. So I’m down to probably the wiring or the motor or a jam in the air tube that runs to the hot tub.
All wiring connections were checked and look good. It’s in conduit so I doubt it was knicked. The motor was just replaced today so I’m guessing a jam in the tube.
removed the motor and the tube looks unobstructed. All 6 bubbler vents seem to put out the same amount of air. I did run the blower off the tube successfully for about 40 min. When I put it back on the tube it tripped after about 20 min.
mom at a loss. Can anyone offer their insight to what this could be from?
Thank you!
We isolated the waterfall by disconnecting the blower and it works fine.
I replaced the breaker (arc fault, $95 at Lowe’s) and still had the issue. Pool builder sent us a new blower motor and replaced it today... still having the breaker trip.
I changed relay positions of the wires and it still trips. So I’m down to probably the wiring or the motor or a jam in the air tube that runs to the hot tub.
All wiring connections were checked and look good. It’s in conduit so I doubt it was knicked. The motor was just replaced today so I’m guessing a jam in the tube.
removed the motor and the tube looks unobstructed. All 6 bubbler vents seem to put out the same amount of air. I did run the blower off the tube successfully for about 40 min. When I put it back on the tube it tripped after about 20 min.
mom at a loss. Can anyone offer their insight to what this could be from?
Thank you!
