360Youth
Senior Member
- Location
- Newport, NC
I don't think I have encountered one quite like this, though some similar. We just finished a remodel job that included rewiring some garage, hall, and bedroom lights. A garage entry (not roll up) door was relocated which meant relocating some switches and junctioning a discontinued receptacle. After the lights were reinstalled and new devices put in, whenever the switch for the garage lights were turned on, it tripped the GFI breaker for the garage receptacle. Separate circuit. Checked out my boxes, everything was fine. Checked for backfeed at the breaker. I suspect a neutral issue. The circuits are in different panels so I could not take neutrals loose from panel to see if they are tied together somewhere. I was able to change breaker to a standard and install GFCI at first receptacle in line and the problem went away. Any ideas, or is it simply a breaker issue? Certainly impossible to troubleshoot through my limited desription, I was just wondering if there have been similar situations that would shed some light. Thanks.