Hi everyone. I'm renting this place, so I'll just call the landlord in the morning, but I'm just wondering what could be going wrong.
I'm my kitchen, there isn't a dedicated refrigerator outlet or breaker. There are two GFCI outlets to the left and to the right of the sink. The one to the left of the sink is daisy-chained to one non-gfci outlet on the left side of the kitchen and the one to the right of the sink is daisy-chained to 3 non-gfci outlets on the right side of the kitchen. All of the outlets in the kitchen are GFCI protected except the range hood and dishwasher. The refrigerator is plugged into a non-gfci outlet that is daisy-chained to the GFCI outlet.
When I moved in, i plugged in the refrigerator and everything was fine for about 3 hours, but then the GFCI tripped. I didn't notice right away, but when I did, it was good for another couple hours before it tripped again. This time I heard it pop and reset it instantly. It was good all throughout the night until just 10 minutes ago when it tripped again. I didn't reset it and just unplugged the fridge. I'll call the landlord when the office opens this morning.
The fridge came with the apartment. It is a Frigidaire FRT17B3AW3, and was built in May of 2003.
Is this just a bad refrigerator or is this a case of weird and dangerous wiring?
Thanks everyone for your help. I'm not an electrician and I'm not going to be attempting any repairs. I'll just have the landlord call a professional. I'm just curious what is going wrong.
Submitted December 27, 2017 at 03:42PM by nukelauncher95 http://ift.tt/2DjIX3Y electricians
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