2-p gfi breaker

[boatfull]

with a 110 volt gfi recep you could take a wire and go from neutral to ground or use your gfi testing device. on a 240 gfi breaker how can you test it other than just pushing the button?
thanks

 

[Buck Parrish]

Phase to ground ? The button though, is an aprooved method.

 

[boatfull]

Phase to ground ? The button though, is an aprooved method.

wouldn't phase to ground trip almost any breaker, gfi or not? maybe except zinsco or fpe? i have seen 110 volt outlets hooked up with reverse polarity, hooked to a gfi breaker and it still worked. ok just wondering if any guru's had any home built test. thanks again

 

[A/A Fuel GTX]

wouldn't phase to ground trip almost any breaker, gfi or not? again

Not if there is a load there. You are thinking of a SHORT circuit.

 

[ibew501ed]

Phase to ground ? The button though, is an aprooved method.

Ibelieve he means a wiggins from phase to ground

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Not if there is a load there. You are thinking of a SHORT circuit.

Are you saying that a ground fault will not occur if one bonds the phase to ground?

 

[A/A Fuel GTX]

Are you saying that a ground fault will not occur if one bonds the phase to ground?

No, if someone bonds phase to ground there will be a short cicuit. The OCPD will open. Put a light bulb between phase to ground and the bulb will illuminate.

 

[boatfull]

Ibelieve he means a wiggins from phase to ground

if this idea works, i like it

 

[SEO]

A wiggie will trip most GFCI's by going from phase to ground. However the test button on the GFCI is the approved method as Buck Parrish mentioned.

 

[infinity]

A wiggie will trip most GFCI's by going from phase to ground. However the test button on the GFCI is the approved method as Buck Parrish mentioned.

Many voltage testers will trip the GFCI if you test from phase to ground. A high quality DMM usually won't. My Fluke 87 does not trip a GFCI.

 

[jaylectricity]

I just grab the water pipe and touch the conductors. If I'm still alive, it passes the test.

/don't do this

 

[boatfull]

thanks everyone for their replies

 

[ibew501ed]

I've also seen 120v gfci outlet trip with a wiggins from neutral to groud.
I believe the wiggy couses a parallel path in the return.