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Originally Posted by peppy
Not an expert, but I think electric motors can trip GFI outlets. That's why refrigerators don't have to have them.
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A few years back I installed GFIs to the kitchen at mom's snowbird condo.
They worked fine for months after that.
What I didn't realize (or check) was that the fridge was series-wired to that last countertop outlet...
It shouldn't have been wired that way by today's electric code, I believe.
Microwave and hair driers also want their own separate breaker.
She left for the rest of the year and the GFI tripped at some point during that time.
And the house checker did not notice the smell.
When we returned, there were maggots and black puddles on the floor and the inside was black hell.
The fridge did not restart.
It was 'an experience'.