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Posted by Matt on May 31, 2006, 3:26 pm
John:
Thanks for the reply. This was line voltage. We did make sure that the
neutral & gnd were wired correctly but if the wired were reversed somewhere
else we may not have seen it.
Matt
> Matt wrote:
>> First my apologies if this ends up as a multiple post. My newsreader
>> seems to be flaky.
>> =====================================
>>
>> A question for the electricians on this BB:
>>
>> I have a track light that will not work with a GFCI enabled circuit. No
>> issues if I take the light bulbs out of the sockets. If I replace either
>> bulb or both bulbs the circuit breaker breaks as soon as the switch is
>> thrown. If I place the track light onto a non-GFCI circuit all is fine.
>> Of course, the GFCI circuit is now fine as well.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matt
>
> Could be various things -- something as stupid as wiring the track
> improperly and having the ground and neutral wires reversed would do the
> trick. What sort of track setup is it? Low or line voltage? If low-voltage
> does it use separate transformers for each light?
>
> --
> John McGaw
> [Knoxville, TN, USA]
> http://johnmcgaw.com
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