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Posted by Bob Vaughan on July 22, 2006, 1:25 pm
>> My fiancé and I just moved into our home, and my future father-in-law and
>> I
>> are going to be redoing the wiring, due to the fact that a microwave or a
>> baby monitor will trip the breakers.
>
>It is unlikely that a baby monitor would trip a breaker all by itself.
>The problem could be
>
>(1) faulty breaker
>(2) another high drain device being used at the same time as the baby
>monitor/microwave
>(3) faulty wiring (e.g. some sort of semi-short circuit) (unlikely)
>(4) faulty baby monitor (unlikely)
>
>I suggest you fully investigate the problem before you redo the wiring.
>
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look for a miswired GFCI.
If you get the neutral on the load side of the GFCI mixed up with another
circuit, the current imbalance will trip the GFCI, even with a small load.
The neutral and hot leads from the load side of a GFCI must be dedicated
to the GFCI protected outlets, and must not be shared with any other circuits.
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