On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:58:41 -0500, Rob Mitchell
wrote:

I am having a problem with my GFI circuit breaker. It trips. Now
perhaps it is working correctly, but I'm not sure. The circuit controls
the central vac in the garage (and a couple of outlets in the garage and
exterior of the house.)

I was told by a reliable electrician that one problem might be leakage
due to build up of dust in the vacuum, or in the outlet boxes. I
removed them all and blew the dust out, and took the vacuum apart and
cleaned it well.

The problem may have gotten better, but it is still there.

A new breaker is pretty expensive and may not be the problem. How can I
troubleshoot this? Is there anything that I can plug in to an outlet to
determine if 'this one is the problem'?

Rob


BTW, a good electrician should have had a gfci tester, not the $7 job,
but the one where you can dial in the 'leakage' to see if it's
tripping at the right set point.


Now GFCI's are suppose to trip so we need to also know what is also
occuring when it trips(example, running the vacuum, or plugging in
something).

hth,

tom @ www.ChopURL.com