rzwissler

Hi, as you probably know the pump and the heater can't (shouldn't) run simultaneously, but I'm not sure that would pop the GFI. AFAIK the GFI just protects against grounding (I think the basic logic is that it compares the current on the line vs the neutral, and if it doesn't match, that means the current is being bled off to the ground, when the GFI detects that, it shuts the circuit off, since the "ground" could well involve a person). The Watkins GFI might also have a circuit breaker in case the amperage exceeds 20 amps, I'm not sure? But regardless, you probably need to figure out which scenario is happening: draw exceeding 20 amps, current bleeding off to the ground or a bad GFI. What I would do if I were you, is to open up the control panel, turn on the jets and use a non contact voltage tester ($10-20 at Home Depot or Amazon - it's a great tool to have) to see if the heater and jet pump are both on simultaneously. If thats the case, then it's probably safe to say that theres a problem with the control panel and you are drawing too much current. You could also just unplug the heater, run the jets, and see if that solves the problem. If it does, then either the heater has an issue, or like you first suggested, the jet pump and heater are running simultaneously. But if the GFI still pops when the heater is unplugged, then you know it's probably the GFI or the jet pump itself. You could test the current draw as well, but it looks like kill-a-watts only go up to 15 amps, so you'd need a clamp meter and a 20 amp line splitter (which you can make pretty easily if you have a short 20 amp cable you can take apart), but if you don't have that gear, it'd be cheaper just to get a new GFI. Rob

My old handle was robzr which was banned and my posts deleted. Phillip and I were having a conversation about an electrical issue on 1991 Hot Springs Sovereign last week. It looks like all my posts were deleted, I had also just posted a How-To on changing out the air control levers on 1989-1993 Hot Springs based on what I figured out from changing all mine out, it took me a good hour to write it up and post it, and that was also deleted. Thanks for looking into it Waterbear. I'm a UNIX admin and I do some PHP coding, I have lots of experience setting up, troubleshooting and tuning LAMP, if I can be of any help let me know. This is a good resource for folks like us. regards, Rob

Sounds like you guys need IT help, thats a software issue, not a moderation issue... I'm on a ton of forums that use recaptcha to register only and don't have an issue like this with spam. If the mods are spending their time fighting spam, someone should spend some time on the software instead. Rob

Yeah, my account was deleted, my posts were deleted, I posted nothing anything close to spam, yet when I looked at the forum there was spam that was left that was posted before I posted my last posts. I also emailed the moderator and got no response. Rob