bagpiperjosh

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Just finished my e brewery panel and was testing everything out and i noticed when i used the estop, the 1 amp fast blow fuse i used as per a pj diagram blew. Is that normal or did i screw something up?

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kpr121

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Does the GFCI trip? Sounds odd, since most GFCIs are set to trip the circuit at 0.06 amps or something like that....

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bagpiperjosh

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No. Just the inline fuse blows

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kpr121

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That’s definitely not a good sign then, you’ve got something going wrong there. The whole point of the E-Stop is to let a little bit of current out of the system and into ground, which the GFCI sees as a current lost and trips.

Do you have a wiring diagram that you used?

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bagpiperjosh

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I dont know wtf im saying . Yea the gfi breaker tripped. Sorry brain fart

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kpr121

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Well that is a little better, but the GFCI shouldn’t let more than 1 amp escape the circuit through ground. Think if your body was that conveyance of electricity, you could die.

This question may sound stupid, but are you sure you have a 1 amp fuse and not a 1 mA (milli-amp) fuse?

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bagpiperjosh

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Pretty sure. Ill double check the bag when i get home and find it

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bagpiperjosh

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yes it is a 1 amp fast blow 240 volt fuse

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sdugre

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Is there a resister in series with the fuse? You need one to limit the current.

lschiavo

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You should have hot-resistor-fuse-estop switch-ground. Any order works between hot and ground.

The fuse is redundant and potentially unsafe for a safety circuit IMO. You may have trouble with your GFCI breaker if it is tripping but still blowing a 1A fuse. The GFCI should trip long before you should be able to blow the fuse.