Is there a power circuit breaker that alarms when it is tripped?
hansh0t1st asked:
I have a outdoor hot tub wired directly into a breaker in my breaker box. The breaker tripped recently and I didn’t know until I happened to check the tub and notice ice forming (not good). After I thawed it out so the pipes didn’t freeze I wondered if there exists a circuit breaker that give an audible alarm when the power is lost/ circuit trips.
Has anyone heard of such a thing and if so where can you find it.
Thanks!
I have a outdoor hot tub wired directly into a breaker in my breaker box. The breaker tripped recently and I didn’t know until I happened to check the tub and notice ice forming (not good). After I thawed it out so the pipes didn’t freeze I wondered if there exists a circuit breaker that give an audible alarm when the power is lost/ circuit trips.
Has anyone heard of such a thing and if so where can you find it.
Thanks!
Tags: Audible Alarm, Hot Tub, Pipes
February 4th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
look into what actually caused it to trip in the first place.. if everything is working right, it shouldn’t trip… maybe there are greater power requirements than are provided for with the circuit it has.
you could always wire a light in to that circuit and when that light doesn’t work, it’s tripped…
I still suggest finding the problem as to why it tripped in the first place
February 7th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
There are some that have a second set of contacts that can be used to trigger an alarm when the breaker trips. They are usually used in industry for monitoring critical circuits.
A better idea which gets to the heart of the matter is to get a temperature-based alarm (because it is the low temperature you really care about). When the temperature drops in the hot tub for any reason the alarm is triggered. You can get them with wireless capability and battery operated. That way if there is a problem the alarm sends a radio message to inside your house to alert you without the need for wiring.
February 9th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Square D offers an alarm switch circuit breaker a 40 amp 2 pole is QO240-2100 sells for about $100
(the -2100 signifies it is an alarm breaker)
QO is breaker style
2 is # of poles 40 is amperege
so if you need a 20 its a QO220-2100 30 =QO230-2100 ect
February 11th, 2009 at 3:27 am
not that I’m aware of …but you can wire a relay and connect an alarm (bell or horn) to the normally open set of contacts…power the relay coil off the same breaker as your Hot Tub and when that trips it will sound the alarm… (you will have to use a different breaker /power source to wire the horn …the relay will act as a switch closed switch as long as there is power to the coil on the relay block)