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Originally Posted by Cajundaddy View Post
Two possibilities. Either you have a fountain pump with some current leakage to ground or the GFCI has failed and is nuisance tripping. Changing the wire size or breaker will not solve the problem. 99% of the time it is a failed fountain pump so I would test for continuity between hot to ground on the pump wiring. Anything above OL (zero) is a grounded pump that needs replacing.
Bingo

If the pump tests out, then consider the GFCI recep might be getting soft. It's most likely doing it's job measuring current delta between hot and neutral.
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