Hi All
Came back from vacation to a tripped gfci outlet on the fridge. Wooooo!
We reset the outlet and all seemed to be fine until it tripped again this morning... after we went grocery shopping!
Moved everything to the neighbors fridge then did some troubleshooting:
0a) its been running fine since we moved here (2 years now)
0b) microwave is on the same outlet but have never had any issues with it.
1) it does not trip with cooling set to off - only trips when dialed back up to cooler.
2) ran an extension cord to a non gfi outlet (same circuit) and seems to be ok.
3) ran the extension cord to another gfi outlet (different circuit) which tripped that outlet.
4) ran the extension cord to a non gfi outlet (different circuit) and seemed to be running fine.
Any ideas?
Can I just replace the regular outlet with a non gfi? I understood that this is how it should be anyway.
Is it safe to use the extension cord on non-gfi outlet for now? Its 25ft long 14ga. Sticker on fridge says electrical load is 4.5 amps at 115V.
Obviously hoping it is not an issue with the fridge.
Thanks in advance!
Submitted September 10, 2017 at 08:29PM by goosefliesbymidnight http://ift.tt/2jgrWTj HomeImprovement
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