UV lamp keeps tripping on EB8, but not when it's plugged into the wall GFCI

[chouchou]

Does anyone have any ideas?

I am trying to plug in the UV lamp into EB8 so that if the pump stop working then UV lamp turns off. The UV lamp works perfectly fine if I plug it into the wall outlet. But it trips if I plug it onto EB8 regardless if the pump is plugged into EB8 or not.

[zombie]

I'm slightly confused. What exactly is tripping?

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[chouchou]

The whole EB8 trips when UV lamp is connected.

[zombie]

Then you probably overloaded your energy bar. What does the amps read before plugging in the UV?

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[chouchou]

I doubt it.

It reads 2.9.

[chouchou]

Thanks Zombie. I got it to work. There was something wrong with the electrical part of hooking up the UV lamp.

[stre1026]

This is interesting. I have a new UV unit that keeps tripping my GFCI. I have no idea what it could be. All of my electrical components are dry and it works fine when it's plugged into a non-GFCI protected outlet. Unfortunately (Of course, on purpose), my EB is plugged into a GFCI outlet and I'm not willing to compromise there.

[chouchou]

I had a wire connector and apparently I stripped the wire a bit too far and it was leaking from there. My EB is also plugged into a GFCI, and so was the wall outlet and we plug the UV lamp into to test. I think what happened was that because I stripped it just a tiny bit too much and the way the wire stretch to EB was different than to the wall GFCI. So the exposed wire was touching/ too close to the next wire when it is on EB and making it trip.

[stre1026]

Thanks for the explanation. I was hoping that might be what's happening in my case, but all of my wiring is fine and there is nothing exposed at all. I have a case opened with Pentair on the issue.