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    Jun 22, 2010, 05:52 AM
    GFI trips
    We just moved the old refrigerator to the garage to use for water and soda. The outlet is about six feet away from the refrigerator. I am using a light duty extension cord and after a few hours the gfi trips. If I us the same extension cord from a regular outlet in the house no problems. Is the problem my extension cord our the outlet. There is no water that is causing the trip.
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    Jun 22, 2010, 05:39 PM

    Bought a heavy duty cord and it worked for about five hours and the gfi tripped. The fridge was plugged into a gfi in the kitchen. Do you think the gfi needs to be replaced?
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    Jun 22, 2010, 06:48 PM

    Probably. There have been advances in technology that avoids nuisence motor load trips.
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    Jul 12, 2010, 01:20 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by mydogquestion View Post
    Bought a heavy duty cord and it worked for about five hours and the gfi tripped. The fridge was plugged into a gfi in the kitchen. Do you think the gfi needs to be replaced?
    I was told not to plug a refrigerator into a ground fault interrupter circuit.

    Just do what works. What's the problem in reseting the receptacle? Just wire in a LED to your PC and route it through your blackberry then when the fault occurs you have a legitimate excuse to stop that important job and go reset your circuit... otherwise, read the manual... LOL. I'd put it on a dedicated circuit without a G.F.I.
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