"Andrew Chalk" wrote in message
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Thanks, to you and Edwin. The wire is running through conduit. Shouldn't
it
be weatherproof against heavy (but normal, expected) rain?

- Andrew
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I agree with the guy that they do seem to do that. If you had a
licensed electrician put the thing in I would not sweat it. If though
the feed somehow could have gotten wet, that's what gfci is intended to
react to, which may indicate some sort of leak somewhere ? Did they
run the outdoor wire thru a conduit and all that jazz ?



If it's only happened once, and a thunderstorm was involved, you shouldn't
have to worry. A nearby lightning strike (either cloud-to-cloud or
cloud-to-ground) can sometimes also trip a GFCI, thru an induced current --
an infrequent (emphasize "infrequent") GFCI trip is not necessarily a
problem, especially if you can associate the occurence with a severe
thunderstorm. Regards --