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deffinitly a nick in the wire . The more moture the quicker the trip.
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Macsmikeman, so you would be looking for two guys in 'frogmen' outfits, dragging an inflatable dinghy?
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Am i missing something, or did he say, the cable was going to the pool light?, would it be a good idea, to put that in pipe?
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this will proably sound stupid but have had it happen. look for a fire ant bed near where the wire may run.they did this my fathers wood shop.they eat the insulation off of a 10/2 wgr uf cable. this was causing a 30 amp square D breaker to trip after a few minutes.found the ant hill ,dug it up & found about 3 inches of bare wire.as a matter of fact the ground was rather warm too.buried a new wire & have no problems since. weird huh?
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I agree with Les here. If this UF cable is supplying underwater swimming pool lighting repairing the cable is not an option. UF cable has never been a permitted wiring method for pool lights.
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look for a fire ant bed near where the wire may run.they did this my fathers wood shop.they eat the insulation off of a 10/2 wgr uf cable. Finding fire ants here means calling in the government. Otherwise you cop a big fine for disturbing them.
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The UF cable is not running to the pool light, it is feeding the switch that controls the pool light. The fault is in the UF that runs from the switch to two receptacles about 20 yds from the switch. I know I will have to replace that part of the wiring, but I was curious about the slow tripping of the GFCI. I would expect an instantaneous trip.
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Fire-ants are a protected species in Oz? !!!
Had this 'delayed trip' response on a central-heating boiler located in its own boiler room adjacent to the house. The delays in tripping varied from a few seconds to several minutes. Tried everything from new boiler stats, isolation switches etc, spraying the boiler electrics with damp proofer aerosol, ripping out the wiring, the lot. Eventually solved the problem. It was a faulty RCD unit. I'm not saying this is the cause here, but try a new gfci before digging up the cable.
Alan
[This message has been edited by Alan Belson (edited 03-07-2006).]
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Take a look at 680.23(F)(2) for the insulated equipment grounding conductor for the pool light.
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