No he didn't!!

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brantmacga

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I priced this job a couple of days ago for one of my pool contractors.

I just gave it a quick look and assumed everything would go according to plan.

The task was to connect a floating fountain to be used in ponds/lakes. This is for the display model.

Instead of having to order the CH220 GFCI, I was going to take that 50A GFCI CB you see pictured (currently running a floor model spa) and put it in the main panel in place of the standard 50A CB, and have the GFCI protect this subpanel so I could use a regular 220 CB. I told the customer just to turn off the heat when he wanted to run the display fountain.



So anyway, I get the thing hooked up and start to connect @ the sub-panel and find this.


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Ouch. And now I can't put this 50A GFCI in the panel because I found he has two panels, and the other is a CH BA type, and that is what feeds this sub.


So of course I should've checked all this before I started.


Anyhow, they had a customer who wanted to see it run today, so I had to do something temporary to get it going.


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Ah, that's good stuff!

I beg your forgiveness. ;)
 
LarryFine said:
It looks like that box will accept breakers head-to-head with what's there now. If so, just put in a 2/20 upside down.
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i wish that were the case, but its not.

there's only about 3" from the top of the bussbar to the top of the enclosure. there are no rails on the top side to attach the foot of the breaker to.
 
Sorry, but you are going to have to learn to focus the camera. :roll: I cannot tell what the photos are intended to show.
 
sorry bout the focus.

its a cell camera and a little tricky.

plus i was laying sideways in front of it, because there's only 18" of clearance, and the sub-panel is 10" off the floor.
 
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