I've come to the Hive mind with a problem:
My new Cinenova 7 is tripping the 20amp breaker in my Square D panel. If I leave the amp on, and reset the breaker the amps breaker trips. I moved it to a 15amp circuit that also has the lights on it, and it held for a week of off and on use. Bad breaker right? Wrong I changed out the breaker on the 20amp and it still trips. I then switched it back to the 15amp and it trips. I put in a new 20amp surge receptacle and it didn't help.
I contacted Earthquake and they are sending out a ' Type C ' breaker for the amp. This is for the inrush, but if the panel breaker always trips first how will this help. I think I still need to replace the panels breaker, or I have a short in the amp somewhere. Code will not allow for a 25amp breaker on 12awg wire, but I could go to a 10awg. The amp worked great for a week without tripping, and it wasn't until I started messing with it that the 15amp wouldn't hold.
Facts:
-Square D panel (five years old).
-20amp circuit is dedicated.
-15amp circuit shares a lighting load.
-I've replaced the receptacle.
-I've replaced the 20amp breaker.
-It worked for a week on that 15amp breaker.
-Earthquake thinks it's the internal breaker, and they are sending out a 'Type C' breaker.
-Amp meter shows 13amp before tripping, but that is really quick. The amp always trips immediately. I think that would be inrush. Could the inrush be faster than the meter? Could it be exceeding the 13amps the meter shows?
Any ideas would be helpful.
