cswank
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Hello,
After much studying and waiting, tonight I connected my electric stove burners to real electricity. I wanted to try external burners instead if immersion, like most electric brewers do. They got hot and I was happy. A minute later the GFCI in my main panel tripped. I was sad. I grabbed my multi-meter and started checking for electrical leaks and I seemed to find one between the frame of my brewery and two of the electrical heating elements. I touched one lead of my multi-meter to the frame, and the other lead to a prong of the element, where the electrical supply connects. The multi-meter showed a large resistance (5K Ohms), but I expected infinite resistance and for the meter to not move at all.
These elements say 240V and 1500 W right on the side. They are two prong elements. I was surprised to find a current where I did. I'm sure this is what caused the GFCI to trip.
I had the two prongs of the elements connected to the two hots from my sub-panel. I'm not sure what is wrong. Any ideas?
Craig
After much studying and waiting, tonight I connected my electric stove burners to real electricity. I wanted to try external burners instead if immersion, like most electric brewers do. They got hot and I was happy. A minute later the GFCI in my main panel tripped. I was sad. I grabbed my multi-meter and started checking for electrical leaks and I seemed to find one between the frame of my brewery and two of the electrical heating elements. I touched one lead of my multi-meter to the frame, and the other lead to a prong of the element, where the electrical supply connects. The multi-meter showed a large resistance (5K Ohms), but I expected infinite resistance and for the meter to not move at all.
These elements say 240V and 1500 W right on the side. They are two prong elements. I was surprised to find a current where I did. I'm sure this is what caused the GFCI to trip.
I had the two prongs of the elements connected to the two hots from my sub-panel. I'm not sure what is wrong. Any ideas?
Craig