My info was bad. Apparently they aren't using instrument rated breakers anymore.
Circuit Breaker
- Thread starter Frank in FL
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My info was bad. Apparently they aren't using instrument rated breakers anymore.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,233
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Amazon.com: Pentair PA220GF 2-Pole GFCI Circuit Breakers, 20-Ampere : Patio, Lawn & Garden
Amazon.com: Pentair PA220GF 2-Pole GFCI Circuit Breakers, 20-Ampere : Patio, Lawn & Garden
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Note that the breaker trips at 4 to 6 milliamps.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,233
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Do you have a reference for the 30ma? Pentair website says
- Added safety of 6 milliamp personnel protection
GFCI Circuit Breakers
Ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) circuit breakers work faster and at more sensitive thresholds than conventional household circuit breakers. Required by the National Electric Code (NEC) standards for pool pumps, these GFCI breakers are the right choice in load centers supporting...
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,233
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
That is not a GFCI breaker. It is against code, dangerous, and a sloppy way for a licensed electrician (if he is licensed?) to make a GFCI fault be ignored.
I've had good luck with Siemens gfci on VS pumps in a pinch I did not know pentair switched from 30ma breakers. I wonder when that happened I did a swap to solve a nuicense trip in May and it worked no trips all summer. I gotta see if theres old stock to buy 2moro