Electric BBQ breaks GFI 20 Amp breaker yet works fine with non-GFIbreaker.
Doug Miller wrote:
In article , Jeff Wisnia wrote:
Agreed, and so you know what to look for, anything less than 50,000 ohms
is likely to cause that GFCI to trip.
Hmmmm....
120V / 50Kohm = 2.4mA, which I think is a bit below the trip threshold. I
believe I'd be looking for faults on the order of 120V / 5mA = 24,000 ohms or
less.
Whatever...If it's already as low as 50K then it's probably on its way
to getting even lower the next time the humidity rises. G
Peace,
Jeff
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