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I have a small upright freezer 30 + years old, on GFCI,, no tripping. I had another from 1974 that didn't trip gfci.
GFI on commercial refrigerators
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mbrooke
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mbrooke
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Sure. You just haven't won the transient lottery yet.
Age has nothing to do with code either, when the refrigerator can't operate on a GFCI be it new or old it's time to revisit post 54, that doesn't take any real math.
Once again, if this bothers you so bad try to do something about it besides complaining on an internet forum, we can't change it for you. The instructions on how to submit a PI is in the back of your code book
Roger
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PIs haven't been working, because the same logic of litigation vs physics is what makes the code cycle larger each addition.
Respectfully, you ignore the fact that a rising wave can trip a brand new fridge without any internal faults.
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After 63 posts, its time to close, its a debate now
Roger is the winner with his years of experience of wiring kitchens
MBrooke has some good points, and should put in a PI with all his good points.
GFCIs are her to stay.
For the OP, the question I asked where is the exception for residential refrigerators? There isn't any.
And if the GFCI trips on a refer, what is the actual fault current? 10 mA, 20 mA? When a smoke detector goes off, we know it working, same with a GFCI.
Roger is the winner with his years of experience of wiring kitchens
MBrooke has some good points, and should put in a PI with all his good points.
GFCIs are her to stay.
For the OP, the question I asked where is the exception for residential refrigerators? There isn't any.
And if the GFCI trips on a refer, what is the actual fault current? 10 mA, 20 mA? When a smoke detector goes off, we know it working, same with a GFCI.
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