rangrr4834
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I paid $40 total also.
Spa Panel: Too good to be true?
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CoalCracker
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Panel is all hooked up and working.
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I have one of these too, possibly from the same seller. I paid about $40. It came boxed and actually has a proper GFCI breaker in it.
I bought one of these and just got it wired up today. Needless to say I am having second thoughts about my purchase, its heating the element but pressing the test button does nothing. Any body having issues with theres? I am hoping he just ships me another breaker and doesn't expect me to pay return shipping for a defective item.
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CoalCracker
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My test works. You sure its wired 100% correct?
Its wired just like in this thread except I have 6/3 feeding it so I have a ground wire going to the ground bar.
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CoalCracker
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Awesome. Glad everything worked out as planned. I ran my system through a full brew day yesterday and everything worked great!
I still need to get the pid's for mine but I did a brew with it as well. I wired it the elements upto a couple double pole 30A switches I had lying around. For 5 gallon batches these 5500 watt elements heat up the water a whole lot faster then my bg14's. Once I get this system complete my next task is to clean up my old propane stand and put it up on the market.
So you are running a 30amp 220v in your panel to a 50amp spa GFCI ?
Now are these panels just a 2pole switch with ground fault?
or a actual circuit breaker ?
I am getting ready to run cable for a build and was looking at breaker prices and wasnt thrilled.
How is this working out ?
Chris7687
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Hey guys, going to wire everything up here in the next week or two. Putting together my shopping list now. Had a quick question on the wiring and just wanted some confirmation. Can I put a 50A 240V in my main house panel, run 6/3 wire from the house panel to the spa, and then the SPA panel has the GFCI breaker already in it for protection. Then run 10/3 wire from the spa panel to my control panel, correct?
Does anyone have pictures on how they wired it?
Does anyone have pictures on how they wired it?
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MrNatural
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If you're planning on 50 amp system, you need to use 6/3 with ground from spa panel to control and then you can use 10/3 from there to your elements.
If you're not going to use both elements at same time, you can save some $ going with 30 amp system with 10/3 with ground.
Plenty of examples in this section, just hunt them down.
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MachineShopBrewing
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I just ordered one of these for my E-build. I am going to use an already placed and not used 30A dryer outlet. Can I just wire this up with a cord to plug into the dryer outlet and then place a receptacle into the box to run power to the control panel? The dryer outlet was not GFCI already.
Just looked into replacing the current 2 pole breaker that is already in the box for the outlet with a GFCI and they are $100+. How the hell can you get a spa panel so cheap?
Just looked into replacing the current 2 pole breaker that is already in the box for the outlet with a GFCI and they are $100+. How the hell can you get a spa panel so cheap?
Chris7687
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Decided to go with the 10/3, as I am going to need 10/3 wiring for everything else (Spa panel to control box, control box to element).
How many feet of 10/3 did everyone typically use? Also, what bran 30A 2 Pole did everyone use in their main breaker? I think I read somewhere that the breaker in our Spa Panel is GE. Can anyone confirm?
Lastly, is this 10/3 good to use? Does HD or Lowes happen to have it cheaper than $1.20/foot?
How many feet of 10/3 did everyone typically use? Also, what bran 30A 2 Pole did everyone use in their main breaker? I think I read somewhere that the breaker in our Spa Panel is GE. Can anyone confirm?
Lastly, is this 10/3 good to use? Does HD or Lowes happen to have it cheaper than $1.20/foot?
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