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DIGITAL MODELS - HSS Error - Unit Won't Start

Check the WIRING on your GFCI Breaker

Hook White Control Wire (pigtail) to Grounding Bar !!

PATENT 7721360
Contactor Coil Short Detection

Patent #7721360 issued May 10, 2010 to United States ThermoAmp Inc. includes amoung other features a special remote method of detecting a contactor coil open or shorted condition.

Heat Siphons Digtital Player will detect a contactor coil short circuit and display the HSS error code and prevent the unit from starting.

This has worked on and SAVED many Heat Siphons where a contactor which may have been overloaded due to a voltage brownout or surge.

This faulty contactor was prevented from starting which would eventually ruined the compressor. A very expensive repair.

As it turns out, this circuit design also detects incorrectly wired GFI breakers.

Don't let GFIC mis-wiring
rob you of this protection.

Please Read This!!

WIRING a 240V GFCI Breaker

(3 Terminal - HOT, Neutral, HOT)

Recently new hot-nuetral-hot type Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt (GFCI) breakers have been miswired causing them to trip and set off the HSS error on the Digital Heat Siphon Player Controller.

If an electrician miswires the GFCI breaker, your Digital Heat Siphon Player will detect this as a short circuited coil and prevent itfrom starting .

To ensure this does not happen please follow these steps when wiring a GFIC hot-nuetral-hot 240volt breaker:

 

FOUR Simple Steps

1. Install GFCI breaker in power panel

2. Connect the WHITE CONTROL pigtail wire from GFCI to the Grounding bar.

3. Connect the two BLACK wires from the Heat Siphon to the two LOAD or "HOT" lugs on the breaker

4. Run the GREEN wire from the Heat Siphon to the GROUNDING BAR in the power panel.

LEAVE the Breaker's NEUTRAL LUG UNCONNECTED.