chiller issue

[Nunzio900]

I have a JBJ 1/3 hp chiller that keeps blowing my circuit out.. does anyone else ever have this problem?
(chiller has been running strong for 1 year with no problems)

 

[trinimaddness]

did you check to make sure the pump is ok??

 

[Nunzio900]

pump works fine, the chiller runs for a bit also then pops the circuit on my power strip

 

[d5332]

blowing your circuit out? what does that mean?

Are you saying the chiller is tripping your breaker? if so, you could have a short in the chiller OR you may have connected more electronics recently to outlets that feed of the same breaker. i.e. overload of circuit

If you mean you keep blowing the safety fuse in the chiller then you have a short within the chiller.

 

[TUSI]

Does the chiller have an internal fuse or a reset botton if it does and its not blowing meanwhile the breaker is tripping then its overloading the circuit

 

[TUSI]

Try plugging the chiller into another outlet snd see if it trips that breaker too cause as we know chillers as they get old they require more amperage at the initial start

 

[e_baer]

Plug the chiller into an outlet thats not in the same circuit. If it trips again, its the chiller, if not....too many devices on one circuit.

 

[Nunzio900]

I have checked the fuse in the chiller and it's fine I will check another outlet and see if it does the same... I have a 20 amp circuit just for my tank so it must be an internal problem with the chiller or the power strip

 

[e_baer]

Another outlet could be in the same circuit though. You need to make sure that other outlet is not in the same circuit.

 

[slowsoaks]

If you have the chiller plugged into a power strip I would say the strip is bad. I would plug something with that kind of power draw directly into a wall outlet if possible.

 

[polywise]

power strips do go bad after a while...

Does the power strip trip? or the circut breaker in your house electrical panel

Jim

 

[Nunzio900]

The power strip trips

 

[polywise]

What rating does the breaker on your power strip say?
How many outlets does your power strip have?
Could you list what you have connected to your power strip?
and of those listed, what was actually on when your chiller was running at the time it trips the breaker?
Jim

 

[polywise]

Nunzio900

What was the outcome?