Thought I had a problem with Home wiring (Page 2/2) Zeb SEP 18, 09:07 AM Years ago, I installed a GFCI outlet in my attached garage to run my pool pump off of. Protected downstream, great. Later we moved the old fridge to the garage and it kept tripping the GFCI outlet it was plugged into. Turns out, an old fridge has enough leakage current to trip a GF outlet. Had the same issue at work when we needed a GFCI outlet to power computers & small motors near a tank. Too much leakage for "standard" GFCI's. They needed to find an "Industrial" GFCI that tolerated a slightly higher leakage before tripping. ls3mach SEP 18, 01:23 PM quote Originally posted by CoolBlue87GT: I discovered I had no power to my outside power outlets. They worked last week. Traced the problem to a faulty GFCI outlet in one of our bathrooms. The reset button kept tripping without anything hooked up. Apparently these GFCI outlets go bad, this one was installed in 82. Long story short, I replaced the faulty one with a new GFCI outlet, making sure the line & load wires were hooked up correctly. That fixed the issue. Now a few days later, I got to thinking, how the circuit was wired to the outside outlets and to the second bathroom. I was wondering if this was to code, I was worried that the previous owner had done something wrong. After doing some research, turns out it's an accepted practice to daisy chain other regular outlets to a GFCI outlet. (as long as the CFGI is this first outlet in the circuit) I was surprised to find this out. I've seen it in trailer homes from the factory. I thought it was common practice. I'm shade tree electrician though. Don't burn the house down without proper insurance! theogre SEP 18, 03:03 PM quote Originally posted by Zeb: Years ago, I installed a GFCI outlet in my attached garage to run my pool pump off of. Protected downstream, great. Later we moved the old fridge to the garage and it kept tripping the GFCI outlet it was plugged into. Turns out, an old fridge has enough leakage current to trip a GF outlet. Had the same issue at work when we needed a GFCI outlet to power computers & small motors near a tank. Too much leakage for "standard" GFCI's. They needed to find an "Industrial" GFCI that tolerated a slightly higher leakage before tripping. Often dirt etc in whatever can Trip a GFCI, Breaker or Sting/Kill you. More so w/ crap or no ground in old homes. Example: I had old PC case and PSU to power more hard drives. Random would sting you, more confusing weather affected the problem and took days to find the problems... 1. PC case and PSU was cleaned but had hidden dirt under the board and can't just blow the unit clean. Moisture would make the dirt connective enough to sting a little to allot. 2. Bad install of a new outlet by others didn't bother to connect the ground to the outlet right. Fix was open the PSU case and lift the board to clean and connect the outlet properly. If things live in places w/ any type of smoke, vaping, and other sticky dirt then even harder to clean just by using compressed "air" or best vacuum cleaner.