What i learned today

[leechlake]

well well...a few years ago my electrical engineer father in law came over and installed a wiz bang "dedicated" circuit so our Hockey Rink lights wouldn't keep tripping the breaker.  The thing worked like a charm it seemed.  Today I went in on my farming of the bushes and the "dedicated" circuit was flipped off by my son after the last time the pond was used.  Since it's "dedicated" to the pond lights no big deal.  I flipped it and went to town on some bushes and had the electric leaf blower going and was working my way around the house like a little champ.  I got to the other side of the house and stared at the apple trees from he!! and decided I needed a break.

I went inside and since the music was so loud in the house I couldn't quite hear perfect but I could hear some buzzing type noise.  I turned the music off and heard a noise upstairs and it sounded like a hair dryer was left on.  I ran up stairs hoping to bust the wife had left it on.  The blower/bubble maker to the bathtub was on and it had "broke" months ago.  Wifey and I were in there and I couldn't get it to work.  The tube had become disconnected from the button and it seemed like it was triggered by air pressure so I was blowing into it one night until I was finally summoned back into the tub (I'm sure that was quite a sight that night as I was bent over under the tub but I digress).  Seems I had blown the tube just right after all but the circuit was off.  The blower was probably run two hours, very grill like of me.

Seems the FIL hadn't exactly "dedicated" the lights to the pond only.  That circuit controls the hot tub bubbles too.  Problem solved!  I may need that hot tub tonight, I've been working about 2 hours and my back and shoulders are aching a bit.  See if I can someone to join me that lives here

 

[RebelSS]

That's interesting.....running ONE line to one GFCI breaker outlet is a "dedicated"....a no brainer. Perhaps too many cocktails?  My bubble maker is non-electric. Works when the power is out.

[LindellProStaf]

NOW you can be the hero and tell the wife you found an electrical issue and took care of it so the tub now works thanks to you.  She doesn't even have to know it was the FIL involved unless you can make the story sound better with that included.  Have a great night LL.  

[SkunkedAgain]

It was a dedicated circuit.....dedicated for two purposes