It's not $50 but it's close. I couldn't find the magical one either.I've seen tales of a magical place (HD) that sells a spa panel for 50 bucks. I've checked there, Lowe's, eBay, Amazon. They're all 80 bucks or better.
Did I miss out? Or am I just missing something?
Haha, I didnt find the magical spa panel either and bailed on it anyways. I just put gfci in my panel. And I found a good deal on the gfci at a local real electric store. This should be a route you consider imo.
Depends on the dryer. If the dryer has any 120V electronics/controls, then probably not, as the 120V return current will be seen as leakage and trip the GFCI. This does not apply to dryers that require a four slot outlet (many dryers can run with either a 3 slot or 4 slot outlet.)I have considered it. Can you run a dryer off of a GFCI breaker?
Yeah I don't wanna fool with the breaker because I am running my dryer on the circuit. If it starts tripping my wife is gonna lose her mind. I'll just buck up and spend the ~90 bucks on the spa panel. Thank you.got mine at home depot for under $60.. like 5 years ago though.gfci breakers are an option most are over $100 though.
I may not be following your point, but having a GFCI on the circuit won't increase the amount of times it trips, it means it will trip to stop you from dying.Yeah I don't wanna fool with the breaker because I am running my dryer on the circuit. If it starts tripping my wife is gonna lose her mind. I'll just buck up and spend the ~90 bucks on the spa panel. Thank you.
I may not be following your point, but having a GFCI on the circuit won't increase the amount of times it trips, it means it will trip to stop you from dying.
Paying for the spa panel is, I'm thinking, a separate point? Good luck, seems they are getting more expensive
~Phil
They certainly can trip especially on old appliances like some fridges and dryers that use the ground as a neutral for 120v things inside the dryer. remember whats considered common sense and safe today will not be safe 10 years from now the codes constantly grow more and more as time goes on. appliance wiring also changes.Gotcha, I'm no electrician, but as I understand it GFCI's don't trip more than other circuit breakers, they only trip when there's a major fault sending too much current to earth instead of through to neutral, so that should never increase the amount of tripping incidents to the dryer... no?
this has been discussed... The OP uses this outlet for an electric dryer and some dryers will trip a GFCI if they are wired to use the ground in the plug for 120v devices in the 240v dryer.PS: You don't have to use a Spa panel. You could just replace the breaker in your main house panel with the same capacity GFCI breaker for that circuit. The reason that most people use the spa panels is that it typically costs less than replacing the breakers in your existing panel.
That's great info, thanks, (thus my quote about not being an electrician ) You learn something new every day!They certainly can trip especially on old appliances like some fridges and dryers that use the ground as a neutral for 120v things inside the dryer. remember whats considered common sense and safe today will not be safe 10 years from now the codes constantly grow more and more as time goes on. appliance wiring also changes.
It also why you dont see gfci outlets everywhere throughout the house these days. up until recently the dedicated fridge plugs were not gfci because many older compressors would trip them.
btw you can still buy them new for under $50 shipped.
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5338413729&icep_item=192663431597
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