Perplexed...

[Husker]

Hello.. i seem to be having a problem; i put in a by-pass switch; normally open; rated at 1 amp.. i havent had any problems until this curse stumbled in.. when i use my by-pass switch to vend, and then choose the selection, it is tripping my house breaker.. it didnt do this before, it vended properly.. i thought it may be the switch so i bought another rated a lil higher this time, and same problem... No wires are touching (Which was my thought)
Very aggervating as you can imagine.. .... Anyone have an idea?


BTW:  The way i have the coin mech by-passed is: a jumper from #1 to #7 and another wire from #1 to one  end of my switch legs; and another wire from #3 to the other leg of the switch.. like i said.. worked fine until my curse.. lol

[johnieG]

is your houses circuit breaker or the outlet the machines using a GFI type? and is your machine properly grounded? ( no missing third-prong on the power plug)

[Husker]

Yes it is on a GFI and the cord does have the third prong.. it was working just fine, then all of the sudden it just started doing this.. i can still run the system by using the manual rod to run the augers just fine.... i can use the by-pass fine also.. just when i hit the selection button.... done..

[johnieG]

Try using an extension-cord & plug it into another / non GFI outlet & see if it does the same thing,
( still pops a circuit breaker) if it does, then somethings shorted out to ground inside the machine, if not, it's the GFI tripping & taking the circuit breaker with it.