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The breaker may not be as old as the house, but in any case modern designs are much much better, and can incorporate a safety switch (ELCB).
Get an electrician to connect in a new one, which may then also trip out. This will indicate a wiring fault somewhere in the house or in a connected appliance.
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If the breaker is not a ground fault breaker, then you you have an over current situation which could be caused by the pump in the well or the wiring in between.
You said it burnt the wires which tell me that one of two things happened. 1 the pump had a short internally which gradually caused the current to increase which would not of blown the breaker. 2 the breaker was defective and allowed the pump to draw excessive current and burn the wires supplying it's power.
As mentioned above you have a bad pump or shorted wiring.
What type breaker? GFCI or ordinary heat-rated breaker?
Do NOT use two GFCIs on same circuit. Spa needs GFCI to protect people while immersed in water.
You might have dangerous short, or leaking element, bad switch, bad wiring, bad electrical connection, or undersized wire and breaker. If breaker is undersized for load, it can get loose on the busbar and then start arcing, and then tripping. Use nose to smell for burning. Feel breakers to see if they are warm. Move wire to different same-size breaker.
If the insulation is burnt off the main wiring you have a severe short. DO NOT TRY TO USE. Unless your a qualified electrician or motor repair tech, take it to one to have it repaired or by a new one.
You have it shorted out somewhere along the line. If it is a light switch you are switching, what have you done lately to make this trip? Anything? You might have a bad breaker. You can check it by shutting off the power, pull the wire out of the tripping breaker, put it in another breaker, turn the power back on, switch the breaker on, then hit the switch and see what happens. If it snaps off, it is not the breaker, but the switch, the wires in the box, or the lights, or something along the line, you will have to check each one. New construction has made all lights and all receptacles separate, so if your house is old, you might be looking at receptacles too. Check anything plugged in to an outlet, make sure there is nothing shorting. Hope this helps.
Check your wiring for short circuits. If you turn the switch on and it pops it may be in the switch box or up in the fan box. Also make sure the fan blades spin freely. A motor overload or short circuit would be the only reason for the breaker tripping immediately.
HI A loud pop can be a couple of things. Usually it is a ruptured hose, or a hose the has separated from its keeper.. This can explain why it is you are popping the circuit breaker. Water is spraying on an electrical circuit, and causing the short. The other thing that pops is when you blow the circuit board but then you would have a burnt smell.
You must find the reason the main breaker is popping ...
I'd start by unplugging everything and remove all breakers. Turn the main on ... does it pop? If it pops here look between the breaker panel and the end of your cord. Turn the power off - reinstall the first breaker - turn power back on. What happens ... keep doing this until the main or individual breaker pops - investigate that circuit to find your short.
If you get all breakers back in with out popping anything ... start plugging stuff back in. Something is shorting somewhere.
I checked wiring on my other 17,000 BTU Hampton bay AC & noted there was no overload switch wired into capacitor. So i just removed the burnt out overload switch which was causing a ground & blowing breaker. I noted it was not wired in between the compressor circuit but just attached to the compressor terminal & common terminal on capacitor. I guess it is a sacrafise type device that saves the compressor from burning out on overload. Anyway The AC worked fine with the burnt overload switch removed. It has been runnning 2 days now with no problems. I however did replace the capacitor with a new one. You can use either an oval or round capacitor as there is ample room. Just make sure your cap. values match old one. I will probable try & purchase a new overload switch if possable & install it at a later date, for the extra protection.
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