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Siemens #MP120GF 20A SP GFI Breaker Questions & Answers
Half of the appliances and outlets quit working
Go to your electrical panel and check your circuit breakers. You can check each one by turning each breaker off - then back on again. You should get back some of your electricity. Also, you probably have a GFI circuit breaker located in your kitchen (near the sink) and in your bathroom's (near the sink/basin). Make sure to push in the reset button (make sure it holds when you press it in). This will explain why you have some receptacles that are out in other parts of your house. Why receptacles are wired through GFI's, etc... are to provide extra grounding protection. I hope this works for you. If not, feel free to contact me again with more information. Good Luck to you!
We have a wet location with a need for a 3 pole 30
I see you're looking for a 3 pole 30 amp Siemens BL cir. brkr.? I don't believe they make a this type of breaker in a 3 pole. In a 2 pole yes, but not a 3 pole. Also, I see on top of your message, it says Siemens #MP120GF 20 amp SP GFI Breaker. Now, if this is what you're looking for, I do know they have one. If you're working out of a home, I'm sure you have a 240 volt service, and a 3 pole wouldn't work here anyway. I'm just checking, but do feel free to contact me for this, or any other questions you may have. Good Luck to you, and I hope I was able to help you in some way. - Jim
Wiring diagram
What are you doing???
Are you installing a 220 V GFI breaker in your main or sub panel?
Judging by the picture, you have a breaker that wants to have a direct connection to the ground buss. Have you tried that?
I have some experience with a similar CH breaker. I installed the breaker, hooked the two wires representing the line to the breaker, put the white to the neutral buss bar and everything was cool.
Let me know what happens
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Siemens QF230A keeps tripping after installation.
So likely you have a 3 wire dryer cord and a 3 wire branch circuit. The dryer neutral is bonded to the dryer frame and the third wire of the dryer plug.
There were code exceptions for dryers and stoves that allowed timer motor circuits to use the neutral as a current carrier and frame ground.
To use the GFCI for the dryer you will be required to add an additional conductor (new 3 wire+ground cable) and separate the neutral to frame bond in the dryer and use a 4 wire dryer cord.
Likely you also have some GFCI single pole breakers and replaced ungrounded receptacles with grounded (another code exception) and they work OK. The dryer and stove are different as there is current on the third wire where as on the ungrounded receptacle GFCI there is no 3rd wire.
In breif, the neutral (current carrier conductor) from the dryer must be isolated from the dryer frame and dryer ground (fault current carrier conductor).
Or just leave it the way it was.
Check with local authority with jurisdiction for local code requirements.
6/25/2020 12:19:41 AM •
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on Jun 25, 2020
No electricity in all bathroom outlets
you may have agfi outlet in the circuit. the outlet has 2 push buttons in the middle. it maybe an outside outlet that is tripped some contractors hook up the circiut like that
11/25/2017 8:43:32 PM •
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on Nov 25, 2017
MY WIFE HIT HER SHOULDER
Flip each breaker all the way off and then all the way back on.. If that doesn't fix the problem, look for a tripped GFI (go around and press the reset button on any outlets that have the buttons "test" and "reset"). If that still doesn't work, you should probably contact an electrician.
9/15/2014 7:05:08 PM •
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on Sep 15, 2014
Activating shunt trip circuit on vl160n
A shunt is always energized and it has a purpose. The purpose is to bypass some of the load from the main circuit. It would be tripping due to overload
5/22/2013 11:39:43 PM •
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on May 22, 2013
I have a Bulldog Pushbutton breaker box and one of
Hi,
You cane replace that with the 20/40/40/20 as long as the wire size on the two 20 amp poles are at least 12 gauge wire. It is a very good possibility that the wire is #12 wire, but you will have to verify that for sure before installing that breaker.
All of those breakers are getting more difficult to find and I'm sure that the quad is even more difficult.
Hopefully you have the 12 wire and then it will be no problem and you will be in good shape.
heatman101
10/12/2010 9:58:31 PM •
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on Oct 12, 2010
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