Originally Posted By: JKB
Originally Posted By: Bill D.
Originally Posted By: JKB
One thing you guy's should consider is from your branch circuit protection (main circuit breaker in your breaker box), is to toss in device protection at it's level. Rather than feeding 15 amps into something that will only eat 3 amps on a good day, fatten up his maximum meals he can eat 125% with an appropriate Fuse or Circuit Breaker. Yep, overeating amps has a tendency to cause that burned electrical smell.

Just have a boring Grey box here for the outdoor rig.


I like that idea. Just to be clear though, you are saying set a secondary protection at the device level of 125% of the device startup current, correct?


Nope!




You lost me then. My Gast pump specs says it runs at 3.8 amps with startup of 5.3 amps. What would you suggest setting the secondary protection at?

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