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#654140 - 03/09/11 07:57 PM Re: zinsco gfi 15A [Re: bacp]
Gizmologist09 Handyman Registered: 02/08/09 Posts: 606 Loc: Palmdale, California USA	If you have a Zinsco panel you also have a very reliable arc welder. Just add welding rods and voila! no breaker trips to slow down the welding. (OK maybe a fire or two)
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#654141 - 08/26/11 08:07 AM Re: zinsco gfi 15A [Re: MCA]
thumped newbie Registered: 03/03/11 Posts: 10	I installed one gfci to see if it would work and it doesnt. Does anything need to be done to the existing gfci in the panel? Does the white neutral wire need to be moved Thanks
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#654142 - 08/26/11 08:56 AM Re: zinsco gfi 15A [Re: thumped]
Gizmologist09 Handyman Registered: 02/08/09 Posts: 606 Loc: Palmdale, California USA	Well if you do not want to replace the Zinsco fire starter with a safe panel, remember that the neutral wire from the field run to the outlets goes to the neutral connection on the GFCI, NOT the neutral bar. The white pigtail on the GFCI goes to the neutral bar.
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#654143 - 08/26/11 01:24 PM Re: zinsco gfi 15A [Re: thumped]
MCA Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/09/06 Posts: 4535 Loc: Illinois	Quote: I installed one gfci to see if it would work and it doesnt. Does anything need to be done to the existing gfci in the panel? What doesn't work....does it just not provide power or does it trip? Do you mean you installed a GFCI receptacle? Are you sure you have LINE and LOAD correct? Incoming wires must go to the LINE terminals. If there are any outgoing wires you want protected their hot and neutral must go to the LOAD terminals. The current must be balanced (if you have a hot connected to the LOAD side its respective neutral that carries current just from that hot must go to the LOAD side as well). If you don't want any downstream protection then don't use the LOAD side for anything. If you mean GFCI breaker then as stated there must be a neutral connection at the GFCI. Edited by MCA (08/26/11 01:25 PM)
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