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  1. I put in a 50 amp gfci panel. The heater turned out tom be bad. It was shorted to ground. (as in shorted to heater tube, spa water!) I bought a new element and we enjoyed our first spa night last night. Less than $100 for the heater and new panel. I'm happy!
  2. We got a spa with our new house. The spa has a Balboa control and heater (4kw) The heater is bad and trips the 2-30 amp breakers in the main panel. They are ganged together. The disconnect near the spa, has a 60 amp breaker (non gfci) I want to put in a gfci breaker or disconnect (not sure what the difference is) Square D (shut off panel) does not make a 60 A gfci breaker for this, The space where the shut off panel is mounted, would make it a big job to replace the shut off with a gfci one. Is there any reason I can't mount an additional shut off panel (gfci one) inside the spa enclosure? On the 60 A disconnect breaker I have, is each leg of it 60A? If so why, if the main breakers are 30A? I was surprised that the spa wasn't hooked up to a gfci shut off.
  3. The spa we got with the house has a few problems. 1st is I want to put in a GFCI breaker, or "GFI disconnect" Is a breaker better than the disconnect? Then there is the breakers tripping after 10 seconds of starting up. Pump and motor run and pump and sound fine. I unplugged the motor/pump, and everything else ran with no tripping. The motor is 7 years old and looks new. Then I noticed that 1 of the 2, heater element studs, where the wires are attached, was 75% burned away. Hopefully this connection caused the heater to draw excessive amps and trip the breaker. Anyone know f it is worthwhile to put a new element in, vs. replacing the heater? I would like to keep from re doing plumbing as much as possible.
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