brother
Senior Member
I had a circuit where the frig and a gfci was on the same circuit. Now the frig was NOT on the load side, it was parrelled off of the gfci. The gfci load fed outlets in the dining room. Well sometimes when the frig kicks on, the gfci would pop and kill power to the other outlets. Of course the frig stayed on.
At first i thought maybe it was the shared neutral, but i never did change any of that. All i did was tighten up the LINE side on the gfci. It was loose cause soon as i pulled it out of the box it came out.
Now everything seems to be working fine. the Frig kicks on as usually but the gfci never pops. The only thing i see sometimes is a slight fluctuation in current when watching tv. Can this sudden spike in current cause a gfci to pop even though it on the line side when there is a loose connection??
At least thats my suspension. I know how gfci's work, They sense an imbalance between the hot and neutral on on the load side . This frig is off the line, its parrelled. makes me say hmmm. So what happen??
At first i thought maybe it was the shared neutral, but i never did change any of that. All i did was tighten up the LINE side on the gfci. It was loose cause soon as i pulled it out of the box it came out.
Now everything seems to be working fine. the Frig kicks on as usually but the gfci never pops. The only thing i see sometimes is a slight fluctuation in current when watching tv. Can this sudden spike in current cause a gfci to pop even though it on the line side when there is a loose connection??
At least thats my suspension. I know how gfci's work, They sense an imbalance between the hot and neutral on on the load side . This frig is off the line, its parrelled. makes me say hmmm. So what happen??