I have an in ground swimming pool. There is an outdoor sub panel with a 20amp GFCI breaker is connected to the pump. Today we had a bad rain storm…water coming down cats and dogs in every direction.
After the storm, I noticed my pool pump wasn't working. The breaker had tripped. I tried to turn it on, and it went off immediately.
So, I swapped out the breaker and the same thing happened….so it's not the breaker. Tomorrow, I am going to disconnect and wirenut the wires from the pump (disconnect the pump). If the breaker doesn't trip after that I will conclude there is a short in the wires running through the conduit…right?
Because it will be a pain to pull the wires and replace….which I am ok to run (temporarily, just to make sure it will work) the wires directly from the panel to the pump without putting them in the conduit right away. When I say "not right away" I mean long enough to make sure the breaker doesn't trip. If it doesn't trip then I would pull all the old wires and snake the new ones through.
I figured I would run this concept by the people here and get some feedback on this plan.
Thanks
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So here is the end of the story. After a week of hot dry weather the breaker didn't trip anymore. On Friday morning I tired to turn it on and it stayed on. So wherever the moisture was......was gone. At this point not sure of this is a temporary fix or log term. I put some electrical tape around a few of the areas that should already be water tight. I guess I will find out if temp or perm fix next time we have a bad rain storm. Cancelled the warrantee repair because I am sure they will fix something this is t broken when they arrive. Thanks for all the help and advice.