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Freezer pops outlet Gabbard 08-05-2006
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Posted by Gabbard on August 5, 2006, 6:14 pm
Last night my Maytag deep freeze popped the outlet in our garage. I
hit the reset on the outlet and it popped it again right away. We left
the freezer unplugged (got everything out of it) and this morning I
tried again...same result. At first I thought it must be the outlet so
I plugged in a radio and it did fine. I then ran an extension cord
into my house and tried the freezer off an outlet in my kitchen. Same
thing, popped the outlet. So now I'm pretty sure it's the freezer.
It's only around a year old, but what could be going on with it that's
making it draw so much current? I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Jeff


Posted by Doug Miller on August 5, 2006, 6:22 pm
>Last night my Maytag deep freeze popped the outlet in our garage. I
>hit the reset on the outlet and it popped it again right away. We left
>the freezer unplugged (got everything out of it) and this morning I
>tried again...same result. At first I thought it must be the outlet so
>I plugged in a radio and it did fine. I then ran an extension cord
>into my house and tried the freezer off an outlet in my kitchen. Same
>thing, popped the outlet. So now I'm pretty sure it's the freezer.
>It's only around a year old, but what could be going on with it that's
>making it draw so much current? I'd appreciate any help.

Freezers (and refrigerators) should not be plugged into GFCI outlets for
exactly this reason. Find a non-GFCI-protected outlet and plug it in.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Posted by JimL on August 5, 2006, 6:46 pm

>Last night my Maytag deep freeze popped the outlet in our garage. I
>hit the reset on the outlet and it popped it again right away. We left
>the freezer unplugged (got everything out of it) and this morning I
>tried again...same result. At first I thought it must be the outlet so
>I plugged in a radio and it did fine. I then ran an extension cord
>into my house and tried the freezer off an outlet in my kitchen. Same
>thing, popped the outlet. So now I'm pretty sure it's the freezer.
>It's only around a year old, but what could be going on with it that's
>making it draw so much current? I'd appreciate any help.
>
>Thanks,
>Jeff

Time to get out the warranty paper and see what's up.

Sometimes the compressor is warranted for longer than the rest of
the freezer, so you may be in luck there.

What I'm saying is that you most likely have a burnt out compressor.

A new one costs about twice what a new freezer will cost.




Posted by Toller on August 5, 2006, 6:49 pm

> Last night my Maytag deep freeze popped the outlet in our garage. I
> hit the reset on the outlet and it popped it again right away. We left
> the freezer unplugged (got everything out of it) and this morning I
> tried again...same result. At first I thought it must be the outlet so
> I plugged in a radio and it did fine. I then ran an extension cord
> into my house and tried the freezer off an outlet in my kitchen. Same
> thing, popped the outlet. So now I'm pretty sure it's the freezer.
> It's only around a year old, but what could be going on with it that's
> making it draw so much current? I'd appreciate any help.
>
First question is, what is popping an outlet? Tripping a GFCI outlet or a
circuit breaker?
Two entirely different things.



Posted by Gabbard on August 5, 2006, 8:42 pm

Toller wrote:
> > Last night my Maytag deep freeze popped the outlet in our garage. I
> > hit the reset on the outlet and it popped it again right away. We left
> > the freezer unplugged (got everything out of it) and this morning I
> > tried again...same result. At first I thought it must be the outlet so
> > I plugged in a radio and it did fine. I then ran an extension cord
> > into my house and tried the freezer off an outlet in my kitchen. Same
> > thing, popped the outlet. So now I'm pretty sure it's the freezer.
> > It's only around a year old, but what could be going on with it that's
> > making it draw so much current? I'd appreciate any help.
> >
> First question is, what is popping an outlet? Tripping a GFCI outlet or a
> circuit breaker?
> Two entirely different things.

Tripping the GFCI outlet.


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