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I pulled the wall switch for the whirlpool bath off of my bathroom
wall to replace it because it got cracked accidently.

While replacing it I noticed that the black and white wires were wired
as normal with the load going through the switch. But I noticed the
bare ground wires were not connected which I thought was weird so I
connected them together. When I turned the breaker on it immediately
reset so then I unconnected the grounds it worked fine again.

The circuit breaker in the basement is a 20 amp dedicated GFCI
breaker. Is there something about the whirlpool being connected to the
GFCI in the panel that needs the grounds not to be wired together in
the wall switch. Thanks for any help!

Sheila


The grounds need to be connected. There is a problem somewhere that is
causing the GFI circuit breaker to trip. Try disconnecting the spa motor
and then see if the breaker trips with the grounds connected in the switch
box.

I usually install a GFI switch in the bathroom out of sight instead of a GFI
breaker in the circuit breaker panel.