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ScottG
Jun 20, 2017Nomad
A coil like in a motor, can trick a sensitive GFCI into thinking there's a ground fault. This is due to the rule of "ELI", where voltage always leads current through an inductor (or coil). Because of this, there is current flowing that doesn't follow the timing the GFCI expects. This is the differential current the rep spoke of.
This was a serious problem in the early days of GFCI's but they have generally been updated to solve the problem.
This was a serious problem in the early days of GFCI's but they have generally been updated to solve the problem.
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