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GFI circuit yaofeng 07-09-2006
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Posted by yaofeng on July 9, 2006, 10:40 am
The kitchen outlet circuit with the GFI is very sensitive it trips all
the time. Where do I start looking for potential culprit. I have to
move the refrigerator out of that circuit or food will spoil The range
is affected too. This is in an rental where the outlet circuit was
added.


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Posted by on July 9, 2006, 10:54 am
Depending on where you live, you cannot do this work yourself, you must
hire a licensed electrician.

It's possible that it is the GFCI outlet, I've had that happen. It's
fairly painless to replace it and eliminate that as the cause.


Posted by Joseph Meehan on July 9, 2006, 11:08 am
yaofeng wrote:
> The kitchen outlet circuit with the GFI is very sensitive it trips all
> the time. Where do I start looking for potential culprit. I have to
> move the refrigerator out of that circuit or food will spoil The
> range is affected too. This is in an rental where the outlet circuit
> was added.

Moving the refrigerator out was a good idea. Personally the only thing
I believe should be on the same circuit as a frig should be a single light
that is used often so it will be noticed if that circuit goes out.
Otherwise I like them on their own circuit.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit



Posted by RBM on July 9, 2006, 12:20 pm
The refrigerator is likely the culprit. The NEC does not require the
refrigerator to be on a dedicated circuit, although it's a good idea, and it
doesn't require it to be GFCI protected. The range outlet (120 volt) doesn't
need to be GFCI protected either, unless it's a counter top outlet


> The kitchen outlet circuit with the GFI is very sensitive it trips all
> the time. Where do I start looking for potential culprit. I have to
> move the refrigerator out of that circuit or food will spoil The range
> is affected too. This is in an rental where the outlet circuit was
> added.
>



Posted by Mark Lloyd on July 9, 2006, 2:59 pm

>The kitchen outlet circuit with the GFI is very sensitive it trips all
>the time.

I had one do that a lot. Later, I found the box full of ants, along
with their eggs and feces.

> Where do I start looking for potential culprit. I have to
>move the refrigerator out of that circuit or food will spoil The range
>is affected too. This is in an rental where the outlet circuit was
>added.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what
to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb
contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin

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