now i believe revisited

[ptonsparky]

Few months ago I had a gfci that would trip as I cycled the power to a bath fan that was not on the load side of the gfci receptacle. Talked to a Leviton Rep at our IAEI meeting. He was familiar with the problem and told me, as I had discovered, that leviton devices were not the only ones affected. The issue was being addressed

 

[LEO2854]

Few months ago I had a gfci that would trip as I cycled the power to a bath fan that was not on the load side of the gfci receptacle. Talked to a Leviton Rep at our IAEI meeting. He was familiar with the problem and told me, as I had discovered, that leviton devices were not the only ones affected. The issue was being addressed

Was it on the same circuit as the GFCI?:-?

 

[Buck Parrish]

FWIW -
I had saw a similar problem. With the cord plug on a hair dryer.
But according to the below paragraph it was not a TRUE gfci.
But YOURS is different. Because you have a gfci, right?

Below is copied from one of my old threads.

Mine would trip when I turned the fan speeds in the Master Bedroom.

The device on the male plug of a hair dryer is an immersion protector, not a gfci and it behaves differently than a standard gfci. Most use a fine "sense" wire in the line cord which is attached to the H/D internal shell so if it sees any current at all it will trip
You're most likely getting an inductive spike from the fan control which is inducing voltage spikes in the H/D cord, which the ID is picking up and reacting to.

Still a very interesting thing to have happening.

Oh, on a safety note: Unplug that H/D when it is not in use. A few hair salons have had them fail when unattended and burn out (usually the Immersion device.)

 

[ptonsparky]

Was it on the same circuit as the GFCI?:-?

Yes, but not on the load side.