Hi all,
First time poster, long time reader!
(Long, TL/DR summary below).
I've got a issue and could use some guidance. We have an EasyTouch system with solar which is about 2 years old. Been working great.
About a month ago, we added the iChlor30 SWG. That's working great (after a couple of teething issues).
But about 2 weeks ago, the Electronics breaker popped late one afternoon. Discovered it about 1 1/2 days later and reset it and all was well. Popped again a couple days after that. Noticed it right away and tried to reset it then, but couldn't (wouldn't latch closed at all). My thinking at the time was that it was a very hot afternoon (about 105), and the box in the sits direct sunlight facing west, the corner with the breakers on the south side, so maybe it is just getting too hot (those are thermal circuit breakers). Later that evening, I reset it with no problems.
It worked fine for the next couple of days, but then I noticed the solar wasn't working! A little troubleshooting later (thanks to a forum post that suggested switching the sensors around), I discovered the solar temp sensor was dead (open fault). Ordered a couple new ones (and switched the solar/air sensor around to get the solar going again). The new sensor arrived and I installed it. All was fine again.
Until Tuesday when the breaker popped again. Reset it, and all was good until I realized yesterday the solar was dead again. Got out my trusty multimeter and discovered the new sensor is open now. Put in my spare sensor (good thing I got 2) and all is good now, but for who knows how long?
TL/DR: the solar temp sensor keeps open faulting (twice) and the Electronics breaker keeps popping
Finally to my questions:
- Could a bad (open) sensor cause the circuit breaker to pop?
- Could the breaker popping somehow destroy the sensor?
- Could there be something going on the board that causing both to happen? Maybe temperature related after all. (my slightly educated guess)
- Is the SWG just a red herring and not really involved (since it's the iChlor and does it's own thing, and just has two-way communication to the EasyTouch).
- Had anyone seen anything like this and might have any suggestions?
Thanks for any feedback and information you can supply!
Mark
First time poster, long time reader!
(Long, TL/DR summary below).
I've got a issue and could use some guidance. We have an EasyTouch system with solar which is about 2 years old. Been working great.
About a month ago, we added the iChlor30 SWG. That's working great (after a couple of teething issues).
But about 2 weeks ago, the Electronics breaker popped late one afternoon. Discovered it about 1 1/2 days later and reset it and all was well. Popped again a couple days after that. Noticed it right away and tried to reset it then, but couldn't (wouldn't latch closed at all). My thinking at the time was that it was a very hot afternoon (about 105), and the box in the sits direct sunlight facing west, the corner with the breakers on the south side, so maybe it is just getting too hot (those are thermal circuit breakers). Later that evening, I reset it with no problems.
It worked fine for the next couple of days, but then I noticed the solar wasn't working! A little troubleshooting later (thanks to a forum post that suggested switching the sensors around), I discovered the solar temp sensor was dead (open fault). Ordered a couple new ones (and switched the solar/air sensor around to get the solar going again). The new sensor arrived and I installed it. All was fine again.
Until Tuesday when the breaker popped again. Reset it, and all was good until I realized yesterday the solar was dead again. Got out my trusty multimeter and discovered the new sensor is open now. Put in my spare sensor (good thing I got 2) and all is good now, but for who knows how long?
TL/DR: the solar temp sensor keeps open faulting (twice) and the Electronics breaker keeps popping
Finally to my questions:
- Could a bad (open) sensor cause the circuit breaker to pop?
- Could the breaker popping somehow destroy the sensor?
- Could there be something going on the board that causing both to happen? Maybe temperature related after all. (my slightly educated guess)
- Is the SWG just a red herring and not really involved (since it's the iChlor and does it's own thing, and just has two-way communication to the EasyTouch).
- Had anyone seen anything like this and might have any suggestions?
Thanks for any feedback and information you can supply!
Mark