Getcrunk
Well-Known Member
I'm running 6k watts on a dedicated 40 amp breaker in 220. The lights come on using a 220v intermatic timer. Lately ive had strange occurances of when my lights come on around 7:35pm ill lose power in my kitchen and ill have to hit reset on my GFCI outlet and then everything works fine. Other times the lights will quit working in my bathroom and same thing I hit the reset and everything works fine. It only occurs when the timer pops on for the first time. And it DOES NOT ALWAYS happen, its happened 3 times in the last week. I don't understand whats going on but I could use some help figuring it out. The setup was working flawlessly running 4k watts and I recently added a 3rd outlet (just connected to the other 2) so I could run 2 more 1k ballasts off the same timer. Which is 40 amp rated and the 6 ballasts would be 4.3A each and anyways all of that is working fine. All we had to do in the actual breaker box was disconnect the wire the timer is hooked up to so we could reroute it and hook it back up. My friend who has done hundreds of wiring jobs did it for me. Is it possible we messed something up in the breaker box somehow? Like I said it doesnt always happen, and hitting reset makes it all work fine. No wires are hot, nothing smells hot, and the outlets that are popping exactly when my timer pops on arent or SHOULDNT have anything to do with the dedicated line my timer is run on. I Can provide pictures of the inside of my circuit panel if that helps but theres just wires everywhere. I believe he did accidently disconnect a wrong wire at once point but he just hooked it back up im wondering if he did something wrong. THANKS FOR READING I KNOW ITS LONG. Just dont want house burning down while I sleep. I can take pics of the timer, wiring, my 200amp breaker box (which is 2 years old and professionally installed) Whatever. THANK YOU!