GFCI question
Our Dometic refrigerator is popping GFCI breakers when it runs on 120 volts. I pulled the heating element and it has three leads, one of which is the ground. Connecting these directly to a GFCI circ...
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allenm wrote:
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Personally, I think it's a lousy idea for refrig or freezers. I don't think I've ever had a GFCI outlet at home that didn't eventually go bad. I've also had new ones trip with high humidity.
On my RV the AC outlet is just inside the vent door. Seems like a GFCI outlet would be subject to tripping during rain or high humidity in that case. Of course, they could use a GFCI circuit breaker, which is more expensive.
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Off topic, I know, as it sounds like the OPs problem is the element not the GFCI socket.
But not sure if it's a bad idea to have the frig on a GFCI outlet.
Rather it's a bad idea to allow that outlet to be somewhere that easily gets wet?
I was careless when washing my old trailer and the frig's GFCI socket took a day to dry out, during which we were running on propane.
And with the current trailer, the outside GFCI sockets will trip after a day's driving in the rain. Again, after a day or so of drying out, they are fine.
Guess there's a reason why GFCIs are used in possibly wet places.
