32a double pole breaker for 220v circuit randomly trips
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 1:10 pm
Hello,
I am running a BCS-462 in a control box with (6) 6,000w elements, each utilizing a 32a double pole breaker for 220v circuit.
I am attempting to dial-in our boil kettle process using (2) elements, manually running them directly from the panel switches. Nothing else is being used. (2) volt/amp meters at the panel read each of (2) 60 amp feeds to the panel. They each display about 240/24.
About once every few hours of continuous use, an element breaker trips. Not just the same one, but randomly one of two that are simultaneously in use. I can immediately reset it, and it holds for about the same amount of time. My experience tells me that if there were a wiring issue anywhere in the box or downstream all the way to the kettle elements, or even if the breaker was over-heating, I could not reset them and have them hold.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks!
Jim
GSP Craft Brewing
I am running a BCS-462 in a control box with (6) 6,000w elements, each utilizing a 32a double pole breaker for 220v circuit.
I am attempting to dial-in our boil kettle process using (2) elements, manually running them directly from the panel switches. Nothing else is being used. (2) volt/amp meters at the panel read each of (2) 60 amp feeds to the panel. They each display about 240/24.
About once every few hours of continuous use, an element breaker trips. Not just the same one, but randomly one of two that are simultaneously in use. I can immediately reset it, and it holds for about the same amount of time. My experience tells me that if there were a wiring issue anywhere in the box or downstream all the way to the kettle elements, or even if the breaker was over-heating, I could not reset them and have them hold.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks!
Jim
GSP Craft Brewing