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Old Jun 19, 2009, 08:20 PM
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Connecting 120/240 volt line to light, gfci and pool pump breaker

I have recently demolished my shed and long with it the electrical connections which powered my light switch, gfci receptical and pool pump. I thought I had the electrical connections correct but the breaker is tripping when I attempted to turn it back on.

Breaker is 15 Amp

The line coming into the shed is a black, red and white bx cable (no bare conduit).
This feeds into my junction box where the connections are made.

My light switch is connected on a single pole switch, black to black and white to white.
My gfci receptical is connected on the line side in (white/silver) and (black/gold) on the load side out to other outdoor recepticals (w/s and b/g).
My pool pump reset breaker needs to be set to run on 230 volt (7.5 amps) and only has red and black going into the reset breaker from the junction box. Red into the reset breaker is marretted to black going to the pool pump and black and white connect to the terminals on the reset breaker, with another white going from the breaker terminal to the pump.

Like I said, I am perplexed and am obviously missing something. Any help would be appreciated!

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Old Jun 19, 2009, 09:12 PM   #11  
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If the wire is #12, and on 20 amp breakers you could.
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thank you for your help.. i'm off to bed for the night... going to sleep on it....
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Good Luck.
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I am assuming that the breaker trips even is there is no load.
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disconnect R & B @ JB going to light switch. Trip?
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"My light switch is connected on a single pole switch, black to black and white to white."
I think the problem of shorting is here.

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hkstroud agrees: I agree, thats why I ask how its wired.
KeepItSimpleStupid agrees: why i wanted to eliminate it.
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