question on breakers?

paul_arc

Yes I put the neutral from the circuit onto the terminal screw for the neut on the breaker and put the neut pigtale from the breaker to the neut bar in the panel

InPhase277

In that case, I bet if you started looking and switch and receptacle boxes, you'd find a ground wire against a neutral terminal somewhere. Could also be a bad breaker. Using a continuity tester, and everything on the circuit in the off position or un-plugged, turn the breaker off and remove the white wire from it. Test for continuity between the free white wire and the ground bar in the panel. If you have a reading, you have a ground and neutral touching somewhere.

paul_arc

Okay I checked it out today and there is continuity between the hot and neutral. so now I just have to find where its at.
there has been a regular single pole breaker in there for years, wouldnt the hot and neut touching somewhere cause that to trip also? its always worked fine... just wondering

InPhase277

You are not looking for continuity between hot and ground. Of that's present because of the loads on the circuit. You are looking for continuity between the disconnected neutral and ground. There should be none.

Gigs

Well, it is possible he's developed a normal short circuit as well.

InPhase277

And a regular breaker that still holds? Nah.

Gigs

I didn't realize he had switched them back and forth since the original replacement.