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    May 15, 2011, 10:13 AM
    Testing GFCI breaker
    I have a 50amp two pull GFCI breaker, that keep triping, when I take the load wires off it it still trips, with the load wires off and the white wire is unhooked it doesn't trip, bad GFCI?
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    May 15, 2011, 10:18 AM

    I have a GFCI two pull 50 amp breaker, with the load wires off the breaker still trips, with the white wire off and load wires off it doesn't trip, bad GFCI?
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    May 15, 2011, 02:40 PM
    What wire are you using for this breaker? Are you running 2 separate feeds or a split neutral? If you are running a split neutral, it will not work with a GFCI circuit.
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    May 15, 2011, 02:52 PM

    Assuming that what you have is a 50 amp 240 volt double breaker.

    Please explain what you mean by
    when I take the load wires off it
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    May 15, 2011, 03:56 PM

    If you can unplug motors, blower, lighting, etc, then plug back in, one at a time to see what is causing the problem.
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    May 16, 2011, 06:09 AM
    Show a photo of how this breaker is connected.
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