dhalleron
Senior Member
- Location
- Louisville, KY
I know it must be something simple I am doing wrong and I need to go back to take things apart to see.
I installed a 50 amp GFCI disconnect switch, then went under the house to a junction box and came out on the same enclosed porch to a hot tub location with sealtite. When I use my solenoid tester at the 2 hot terminals on the 50 amp switch it reads 220 volts. When I put the tester on the same 2 wires 25 feet of wire away where the hot tub is it trips the GFCI switch.
I don't think I miswired something but I will go back to double check. I'll probably temporarily bypass the GFCI to make sure I have the proper voltages on all 4 wires at the tub. The tub is not there yet, so I am not taking a chance of damaging it.
Could my solenoid tester be doing something odd at the end of 25 feet of wire to trip the gfci? I was testing hot to hot, not hot to neutral or ground.
I installed a 50 amp GFCI disconnect switch, then went under the house to a junction box and came out on the same enclosed porch to a hot tub location with sealtite. When I use my solenoid tester at the 2 hot terminals on the 50 amp switch it reads 220 volts. When I put the tester on the same 2 wires 25 feet of wire away where the hot tub is it trips the GFCI switch.
I don't think I miswired something but I will go back to double check. I'll probably temporarily bypass the GFCI to make sure I have the proper voltages on all 4 wires at the tub. The tub is not there yet, so I am not taking a chance of damaging it.
Could my solenoid tester be doing something odd at the end of 25 feet of wire to trip the gfci? I was testing hot to hot, not hot to neutral or ground.