(If this question belongs elsewhere, please tell me.)
Okay, it's been some time since I last loaded up my RCBS Pro-Melt and gathered together all the bits and pieces to cast bullets for my finicky Marlin 1895 in 45-70. In that time, we moved into a new house.
Within 10 minutes of turning on the pot, the 20A circuit breaker tripped, so I tried again with the same result. I moved the pot to a different breaker and the same thing happened.
I was chatting with a retired electrician who told me that the problem *probably* was caused by the Eton GFCIB120 GFCI breaker and I should replace it with a non-GFCI breaker. Apparently this is/was a known problem with the GFCI breakers. I bought an Eton CL120CS breaker and swapped it in. Power was not delivered to the workroom.
Now, the Eton GFCIB120 breaker has three wires running to it, while the CL120CS has a spot for only one wire (I used the black wire). I tried several searches to learn what the wires do, but with almost no success. The best was a breaker circuit diagram with labeling that was not explained.
So, after all that, the question is: Has anyone else experienced this and, if so, was the problem corrected and how?
Thank you for any light that can be shed on this.
Richard