I have a nutone 8 amp lo hi off switch keeps tripping breaker and eventually arced at switch . replaced switch and looked for an open or short at connections were I could access . found nothing .tried new switch and it worked ok for the first 2 tries then blew switch . Any help or suggestions would be well accepted. thank you in advance steven chick at [email protected]
Electrical Supplies - Broan-NuTone - FAN CONTROL SWITCH
Sounds like the load is shorted. You don't say what the switch is controlling. What happens if you jump out the switch and just connect the load, then turn on the breaker? If the breaker trips, it's the load itself that's shorted.
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Sounds like the load is shorted. You don't say what the switch is controlling. What happens if you jump out the switch and just connect the load, then turn on the breaker? If the breaker trips, it's the load itself that's shorted.