Valve that trips a breaker

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wfjbgj

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Wednesday, September 1st 2010, 12:38pm

Valve that trips a breaker

I have a problem with a valve tripping a ground fault. I have replaced both wire the valve and the controller, but the breaker trips about 5 min. into the cycle for this valve. The other three are working perfectly. Help

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mrfixit

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Location: USA

Wednesday, September 1st 2010, 1:46pm

Replace the solenoid.

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