Motors are notorious for false tripping GFCI receptacles. I would plug the refrigerator into another, unprotected circuit, or replace that GFCI, if it is the one the reefer is plugged into, with a single outlet/device conventional receptacle.
Any appliance no matter what the appliance is that trips a GFCI device should be replaced.
I think one should confirm that the problem is in the appliance and not the GFI before trashing the appliance. I also believe that repair may be considered; discarding is not the only option.
Thanks! Found the tripped GFI; reset, but trips again whenever I plug in the refrigerator (at another outlet); only that appliance trips it; replace the GFI switch?
If it is two weeks old and is tripping a GFCI then let the warranty replace the unit.I didn't read that as saying he tried it on a different GFI device (he wrote "trips again"), just a different outlet protected by the same GFI.
Also, you wrote "Any appliance no matter what the appliance is that trips a GFCI device should be replaced." As written, it would apply to a 2 week old $3,000 unit still under warranty. Beware of absolute statements.
So it is a better idea to circumvent the protection of a ground fault interpreter and let that current kill the person that put that food in the refrigerator in the first place?I wouldn't put a fridge on a gfi. The thing trips when you are out or away for a day and bye bye all your food.
If it is two weeks old and is tripping a GFCI then let the warranty replace the unit.
Sorry to let the real world interrupt here, but I have to ask that you show me an appliance warranty that provides for replacement, not repair.
Perhaps you're prepared to throw away an item that might merely have suffered a damaged cord, rather than repair it. Most of us are not financially prepared to engage in such fanaticism. Ensuring safety I support wholeheartedly. Irrational overreaction, I don't.
If it is two weeks old and is tripping a GFCI then let the warranty replace the unit.
Sorry to let the real world interrupt here, but I have to ask that you show me an appliance warranty that provides for replacement, not repair.
Perhaps you're prepared to throw away an item that might merely have suffered a damaged cord, rather than repair it. Most of us are not financially prepared to engage in such fanaticism. Ensuring safety I support wholeheartedly. Irrational overreaction, I don't.
If I buy a new appliance and two weeks later something goes wrong with it I can promise you that a repair man is not coming into my house to fix anything except to deliver a new appliance. The amount of money in my pocket is not what will drive the issue either.
I value the life and safety of my love ones more than trying to keep an appliance that is tripping a GFCI plain and simple. I leave it up to you to place the value of what ever you choose to value in the manner you see fit.
If I buy a new appliance and two weeks later something goes wrong with it I can promise you that a repair man is not coming into my house to fix anything except to deliver a new appliance. The amount of money in my pocket is not what will drive the issue either.
I value the life and safety of my love ones more than trying to keep an appliance that is tripping a GFCI plain and simple. I leave it up to you to place the value of what ever you choose to value in the manner you see fit.
Following your "never repair" rule, I suppose when the brakes on one of your vehicles become unsafe, you throw the car or truck away as well? No less irrational.
And your rejection of even exploring the possibility that the GFI may be defective before tossing the appliance speaks volumes.
Your approach reminds me of the schools with "zero tolerance" policies toward guns that treat a kid's hand drawing on a piece of paper the same as a working Uzi. No thinking required or allowed.
Following your "never repair" rule, I suppose when the brakes on one of your vehicles become unsafe, you throw the car or truck away as well? No less irrational.
And your rejection of even exploring the possibility that the GFI may be defective before tossing the appliance speaks volumes.
Your approach reminds me of the schools with "zero tolerance" policies toward guns that treat a kid's hand drawing on a piece of paper the same as a working Uzi. No thinking required or allowed.
Okay. So I know that fridges in garages used to be allowed to not be on a gfi as long as it was a single receptacle (one where you could only plug the fridge in and nothing else).
JC, did the new 2008 code change this? If so, why? What's the reasoning? Should we go as far as to make every outlet in the house gfi protected using that reasoning?
This is awkward, but...
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