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Hello, Happy Campers, A month ago my gfi in my kitchen was bad which is hooked to the refrigerator and the kitchen outlets which was tripped and all the items had to be thrown out like meat and had ...
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DFord wrote:
The electric heating elements can trip the GFCI. You should try replacing it. I had one that occasionally would trip the GFCI when I first turned the refrigerator on. It would automatically switch to gas at that point and go ahead and cool down. When I'd notice the gas was doing the cooling, I reset the GFCI and it would work fine after that making it hard to find a short in the element with a multimeter. The heating elements aren't that expensive. Just go ahead and change it and see if it fixes your problem.
Bingo. GFCI trip from the imbalance of the White and (Black)HOT. IF the 120 element in the refer is slightly defective that imbalance will trip a GFCI. This will NOT trip a standard 120 breaker. The 120 element will still do the job, but not if connected to a GFCI plug and it trips the GFCI. Just find a non GFCI plug that you can connect the refer too. Doug
