GreenEnvy22
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I'm brewing in my garage, and the line coming into the garage is 12 gauge, so I'm limited to 20 amps on each leg.
The wire comes into the garage, and then the red and black side each go into a 20 amp resettable fuse, then to a cutoff switch, and then into the breaker panel.
I have a GFCI 20 amp breaker that runs my element.
Earlier today I had it running at 62% power, so around 15 amps for a few hours, with no issues.
Then this evening I was running it again at 42%, which is about 11.4 amps. After about an hour I turned it up to 45%, which was about 12 amps, and one of the resettable fuses kept tripping.
There isn't anything else on that side of the circuit, the red wire, which is the one tripping, only goes to the element plug.
I stuck my induction amp meter into the cutoff panel, over the red wire, and confirmed it is pulling 12 amps, so nothing else seems to be draining power anywhere.
I've already replaced that resettable fuse because it was doing it before as well last year.
Is it possible that just the multiple hours running between 11 and 12 amps could cause a 20 amp resettable to trip? I would think I'd have to be more around 75 or 80% of its load for that. I also don't know why the black side is never tripping, it has two fridges and the garage lights running off of it.
The wire comes into the garage, and then the red and black side each go into a 20 amp resettable fuse, then to a cutoff switch, and then into the breaker panel.
I have a GFCI 20 amp breaker that runs my element.
Earlier today I had it running at 62% power, so around 15 amps for a few hours, with no issues.
Then this evening I was running it again at 42%, which is about 11.4 amps. After about an hour I turned it up to 45%, which was about 12 amps, and one of the resettable fuses kept tripping.
There isn't anything else on that side of the circuit, the red wire, which is the one tripping, only goes to the element plug.
I stuck my induction amp meter into the cutoff panel, over the red wire, and confirmed it is pulling 12 amps, so nothing else seems to be draining power anywhere.
I've already replaced that resettable fuse because it was doing it before as well last year.
Is it possible that just the multiple hours running between 11 and 12 amps could cause a 20 amp resettable to trip? I would think I'd have to be more around 75 or 80% of its load for that. I also don't know why the black side is never tripping, it has two fridges and the garage lights running off of it.