thelazyl
Well-known member
Hi All,
I am an electrical novice and hope someone can give me advice.
My DW and I were able to move back into our sticks/bricks home after spending 12 days in the RV. We had an ice storm that caused significant damage to our power grid. 12 days ago we had a lot of "flicking" of power and smelled burned wires before the power finally went out. Talked to our electrician and concluded the smell came from our clothes dryer because of a voltage spike while the dryer was operating.
While the power was out I turned off breakers to our water heaters and also unplugged our hot tub which has worked flawlessly for 2 years. Today, when trying to start the hot tub back up, it immediately trips the outlet (ground fault?). It is a small 2 person hot tub that is plugged into a dedicated 25 amp circuit (110). I tried re-setting the outlet but it trips almost immediately when I turn on the hot tub pump.
I plan to call my electrician but would like your input.
I assume that something happened to the hot tub pump when we had power flicks? Is there a simple diagnostic I can try? I do have a volt meter but my only experience with it is watching a YouTube on how to test on an RV.
Thanks in advance!
Mark
I am an electrical novice and hope someone can give me advice.
My DW and I were able to move back into our sticks/bricks home after spending 12 days in the RV. We had an ice storm that caused significant damage to our power grid. 12 days ago we had a lot of "flicking" of power and smelled burned wires before the power finally went out. Talked to our electrician and concluded the smell came from our clothes dryer because of a voltage spike while the dryer was operating.
While the power was out I turned off breakers to our water heaters and also unplugged our hot tub which has worked flawlessly for 2 years. Today, when trying to start the hot tub back up, it immediately trips the outlet (ground fault?). It is a small 2 person hot tub that is plugged into a dedicated 25 amp circuit (110). I tried re-setting the outlet but it trips almost immediately when I turn on the hot tub pump.
I plan to call my electrician but would like your input.
I assume that something happened to the hot tub pump when we had power flicks? Is there a simple diagnostic I can try? I do have a volt meter but my only experience with it is watching a YouTube on how to test on an RV.
Thanks in advance!
Mark