kpr121
Well-Known Member
I recently moved from a house with 4 wire (Hot, Hot, Neutral, Ground) 240v to a house that has 3 wire (Hot, Hot, Neutral) 220V electric outlet. So I needed to rewire my SPA Panel and get a matching Power Cord for the new outlet. I rewired according to PJ’s diagram for 3 to 4 wire service. My SPA panel worked great at the old house all the way until the last week we moved, but now the GFCI test button is not working in the new setup. What are the odds that the breaker is no longer working correctly? How can I test it? I tried a couple other configurations as well (removing the neutral to ground bus jumper, removing the pigtail from breaker to neutral bus) and the test button just wont work. Voltmeter is sensing power to the hots in the load outlet but I didnt plug in my control panel to see if it was working, for fear that I was going to fry it.
I was thinking about just going to HD and buying the same SPA panel, swapping the breakers, and seeing if a new breaker works. If it did then I would just be out $50 and have an extra SPA box. That would keep me from having to rewire everything and cut hole(s) in the new SPA panel until I knew that was the problem. From what I understand the breakers themselves are usually more expensive than the entire SPA panel.
My wiring and connections are all good, I double and triple checked them.
I was thinking about just going to HD and buying the same SPA panel, swapping the breakers, and seeing if a new breaker works. If it did then I would just be out $50 and have an extra SPA box. That would keep me from having to rewire everything and cut hole(s) in the new SPA panel until I knew that was the problem. From what I understand the breakers themselves are usually more expensive than the entire SPA panel.
My wiring and connections are all good, I double and triple checked them.