Fat Bastard
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And RCD's.
So... Went to fire up the new brew rig this arvo to begin the cleaning process, and it tripped the breakers and the RCD's.
I brew in a small courtyard between the house and the shed and draw power from both, and both sources have their own power boards and breakers, albeit coming from the same source on the street. The new rig powers the kettle and HX from one source, and the HLT from the other. Each system would power up ok until I connected the other, when it would trip both RCD's and breakers. The old rig would run fine, with the kettle and HX alternately running on one and the HLT on the other, so it's probably not the power source causing the issue (10A breaker in the shed, 20A on the house) but seemingly has something to do with the new controller, which is essentially the old controller x 3.
We had it running fine at work, so it's got me stuffed, and after a quick call to the guy that wired it for me left both of us none the wiser. I'll take it back to work on Monday, but pending that, do any of you clever electrical types have any idea of where to start looking?
Cheers,
FB
So... Went to fire up the new brew rig this arvo to begin the cleaning process, and it tripped the breakers and the RCD's.
I brew in a small courtyard between the house and the shed and draw power from both, and both sources have their own power boards and breakers, albeit coming from the same source on the street. The new rig powers the kettle and HX from one source, and the HLT from the other. Each system would power up ok until I connected the other, when it would trip both RCD's and breakers. The old rig would run fine, with the kettle and HX alternately running on one and the HLT on the other, so it's probably not the power source causing the issue (10A breaker in the shed, 20A on the house) but seemingly has something to do with the new controller, which is essentially the old controller x 3.
We had it running fine at work, so it's got me stuffed, and after a quick call to the guy that wired it for me left both of us none the wiser. I'll take it back to work on Monday, but pending that, do any of you clever electrical types have any idea of where to start looking?
Cheers,
FB