Why would ground touching neutral cause the breaker to trip?
No it wasn't a bad connection. But the ground wires were long and might have popped forward .Why would ground touching neutral cause the breaker to trip?
When you say breaker you mean the GFCI trips, correct?
No the circuit breaker tripped
That's by designhttps://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/53773/gfci-outlet-trips-when-white-and-copper-wire-touch
Wow, interesting read. Now I wonder if I should eliminate the ground wire from the GFCI since its not needed, and would save space
Ouch, now my head is spinning.
It's an arc-fault breaker. Does that help it make more sense? If not, might I still need to be worried? I definitely don't want to end this project until it's 100% sure.
I am just wondering now if the ground wire was hitting the hot terminal on the GFCI.Either way with the GFCI working and the breaker not tripping you seemed to solved the problem.
Yes, seems to be solved. Is there any way to easily test to ensure no current is flowing when there's nothing plugged in? Always worried that if something isn't done right there's going to be wasted electricity. Is that a legit concern?
I don't think so but that reminds me of a story.The first house I bought had an outrageous electrical. I called out ComEd. They had me shut everything off and unplug what I could. The meter was still spinning like crazy. The house and heaters in the gutters. The thermal switch shorted and they were on all the time. This was in July.
Wow. In hindsight any visible clues that the gutters were heated?
Where are the wires going to? 110v source? If so, that is where you would connect the new lights to.
I'm not sure where they are going to but the connectors I see on the led are either the screw in type like a bulb or a connection with a pin that's different from the pin connection I currently have with the halogen bulb.