> The fridge kept tripping the GFI interruptor. > ... but I still don't see why it needs to leak > that much current to the ground." Couldn't be the arcing from the fridge thermostat contacts opening and closing that drives the GFI nuts - could it? I have a self-designed electronic thermostat that drives a contactor on my 'fridge - and I have an appliance off a wall-wart on the same circuit that sometimes gets reset when that contactor cycles on or off (it's easy to tell when this appliance gets reset - it starts to make a loud squawk) ... RF Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olin Lathrop" To: Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [PIC]: Direct LED connection? > > But seriously though, if the US is running at 7mA and we use 30mA and > > still see trips on refrigeration equipment, does it come down to our > > dirty power that Roman already pointed out? Or is this simply due to > > inherent operating characteristics of refrigeration equipment? I am > > curious if they run refrigeration compressors through protected > > circuits without nuisance trips in the US. > > Funny you should mention that. When we moved into our new office in April > (a freshly rennovated attic in an old building, totally new wiring) I > plugged the refridgerator into an outlet that it turns out was on the same > GFI interruptor as the outlets by a sink. The fridge kept tripping the GFI > interruptor. I moved it to a different outlet and the problem went away. I > asked an appliance guy a while later and he acted like that sort of problem > was well known. The fridge is grounded with a 3-prong plug, but I still > don't see why it needs to leak that much current to the ground. > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body