sparky_magoo
Senior Member
- Location
- Reno
Friday I had a call, in a 30+ year old mobile home, where the GFCI breaker wouldn't reset. The load included bath & ext. receptacles. I read an open from hot to ground & nuetral at the panel (with everything unplugged). I measured 1.6 meg ohms from nuetral to ground & open from hot to nuetral. A new GFCI breaker trips as soon as I connect the load. I replaced all of the recetacles on the ckt. I pigtailed & sidewired the new ones.
Shouldn't 1.6 meg be too high of a resistance to bother the GFCI breaker? Wouldn't that be a 75 micro amp fault? The GFCI shouldn't trip until 4 mils. I have a very accurate meter and the conections were good. The ckt. works fine on a regular breaker.
Monday, I will install a regular breaker & install GFCI receptacles in bath & outside with nothing connected to the load term.s. It was after 8:00 PM when I gave up.
My question is, why won't the GFCI breaker work?
Shouldn't 1.6 meg be too high of a resistance to bother the GFCI breaker? Wouldn't that be a 75 micro amp fault? The GFCI shouldn't trip until 4 mils. I have a very accurate meter and the conections were good. The ckt. works fine on a regular breaker.
Monday, I will install a regular breaker & install GFCI receptacles in bath & outside with nothing connected to the load term.s. It was after 8:00 PM when I gave up.
My question is, why won't the GFCI breaker work?