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GFCI's
On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 21:46:03 -0500,
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On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 19:26:18 -0700, Don Y
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On 12/1/2015 7:19 PM, Don Y wrote:
The outlets in the back of the house are on a 20A GFCI.
For those who didn't connect the dots, this is a GFCI *breaker*,
not a GFCI *outlet* daisy-chained to feed the others.
Does it trip with nothing connected? If not, it's not a dauber or
anything on the main circuit. It has to be on the "load". Outdoor
lights on a GFCI can be a problem - lots of possibilities for
"leakage"
If there is absolutely nothing connected, a neutral fault will not
trip the GFCI. The slightest load will trip it tho. (it splits the
neutral current)
The other thing to remember is the faults are additive. If you are
leaking a couple ma in a couple places, it will work until the total
gets up around 5ma or so.
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