Hokie_Brewer
Well-Known Member
Working on my first electric brew session and ran into a hiccup and need some help.
I am running a 240V control panel with an Auber PID, single 5000W heating element and a 120V pump outlet. I am running off my 3-wire dryer outlet to a 50A GFCI (spa panel) to the control panel. I had an electrician look over all my wiring and connections prior to the brew day and everything 'passed inspection'.
I mashed in fine, was able to maintain mash temps and mashout all completely fine. Then i switched the PID to manual to start the boil. As soon as it reached around 205*F or so, the GFCI tripped. Reset the breaker and same thing happened again. It was only tripping as soon as the boil started to go and I could hear it start to boil. I can't think of what would be tripping the GFCI only during the boil and not any other time?
I also checked with my multimeter and the pot is properly grounded to the element housing and power cord. Any help would be appreciated
I am running a 240V control panel with an Auber PID, single 5000W heating element and a 120V pump outlet. I am running off my 3-wire dryer outlet to a 50A GFCI (spa panel) to the control panel. I had an electrician look over all my wiring and connections prior to the brew day and everything 'passed inspection'.
I mashed in fine, was able to maintain mash temps and mashout all completely fine. Then i switched the PID to manual to start the boil. As soon as it reached around 205*F or so, the GFCI tripped. Reset the breaker and same thing happened again. It was only tripping as soon as the boil started to go and I could hear it start to boil. I can't think of what would be tripping the GFCI only during the boil and not any other time?
I also checked with my multimeter and the pot is properly grounded to the element housing and power cord. Any help would be appreciated