Some help understanding these wiring diagrams.


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Old 04-24-18, 03:09 PM
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Some help understanding these wiring diagrams.

Could someone help me decipher these, do the wires go "into" the top or the bottom?

I just need to know how to connect the current to the gfci, the gfci to the breaker and then I suppose by process of elimination I can figure out where the protected circuits come out.

 
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Old 04-24-18, 04:10 PM
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Pretty hard to find an answer as all the places that sell those breakers are in Spanish.

I spent 15 minutes searching their site and translating to English. They don't seem to specify line or load.
 
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Sorry I didn’t mean to make you look so long, I thought maybe the little drawings on the breakers would help.
 
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Old 04-24-18, 05:59 PM
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are circuit breakers even directional? I remember that with old fashioned fuses it didn't matter which side was which.
 
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Breakers themselves are usually non-directional. However, GFCI and AFCI breaker and some breakers with sepecial functions may be directional.

Breakers with screw terminals are usually wired with input on top and load on bottom terminals.
 
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Old 04-24-18, 06:20 PM
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Breakers with screw terminals are usually wired with input on top and load on bottom terminals.
Based on one diagram I found..... that is correct. Line in on top. Load on bottom.
 
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Old 04-24-18, 06:58 PM
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Based on the GFCI breaker diagram I would also agree that line is on top and load on the bottom.

The breaker on the left appears to be a standard breaker and should be able to be wired either way.
 
 

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