Why would a GFCI trip on refrigerator circuit?

If you don't find out why your food is tripping in the first place, it will keep happening, even if you catch it in time.

Our technicians are always available to help you fix your appliance.

In areas of the home that are subjected to water, a ground-fault circuit interrupter outlet is used.

This type of outlet is designed to protect people from electrical shock, and should not be confused with a house fuse or breaker.

The amount of current through the circuit will increase if the hot wire touches a neutral wire.

The amount of power going through the appliance is monitored when it is plugged in.

If a hair dryer is accidentally dropped into a sink of water, the GFCI will detect the interruption in current and cut power off, potentially saving a life.

Shirbers can be installed to eliminate or at least reduce the effects of interference.

The snubber needs to be installed between the refrigerator and the GFCI deceive.

If you want to keep the fridge on a GFCI outlet, you can replace the breaker in the box.

If you have a dedicated circuit that only operates the refrigerator in the kitchen, you can simply remove the GFCI outlet and replace it with a standard outlet.

Older model refrigerators don't have icemakers or self-defrost functions.The most common trip GFCI outlets are when they are.

If you have no other choice but to keep the GFCI, disabling these functions within the fridge is the best way to go.

Old appliances or damaged wiring can cause a ground fault.

The metal can lead to an electrical shock if you touch it.

A fridge plugged into a GFCI will trip it to eliminate a hazard.

The important thing to remember is that removing the outlet won't fix the problem.

Your freezer may have a faulty timed defrost circuit if you notice that the outlet trips every few hours.

The only way to fix this issue is to determine what is wrong with the fridge and fix it.

There are a number of ways a refrigerator can cause a breakers to be tripped.

The circuit is receiving a higher demand for electricity that it can deliver.

The fridge should be unplugged from the circuit when this happens.This will tell you if the fridge is malfunctioning.

A surge of electricity will cause the breaker to trip when two wires inside an appliance touch each other.

Plug something else in if the breaker tripped when the fridge was plugged in.

The problem is most likely caused by wires behind the receptacle cover.

When connected to a generator, a fridge can trip a GFCI outlet inside your home.

To stop this from happening, you need to replace the faulty part inside the fridge or freezer.

If your machine is still under warranty, it is a good idea to exchange it for a new one.

Many people have faced this issue, and at the end of the day, it was the generator.

The outlet will trip if the current escapes the device and takes a different route to the ground.

The ground jumper needs to be removed if you are hooking the generator to the house.

If you ever disconnected the unit from the house, you will have to re- connect the ground jumper.

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I'm happy for this article.We did not know what the wiring in our house was.A brand new fridge keeps popping.So.It was annoying.Thanks for building code idiots.The cap on how big an outlet Amperage is now required by them.Is it possible that the dumb thing trips during a Thanksgiving turkey or a cake?It is all pre-existing.We are not moving.

I would swap out the GFCI myself if I lived in CA.You can watch it for how to.Before you move, put it back.Don't speak to anyone.The circuit breakers are still in the box.

I am not a lawyer.Not an insurance agent.The husband does it for us.We moved away from a highly regulated area in order to be perfectly safe in our daily lives.

I have the same problem as the person above, I just bought a new fridge.Where can I find a snubber to solve the problem?How can I install it?

Snubbers are used for many kinds of filters.I think what they mean by internal is a low-pass Line Filter.A device that filters high frequencies from the power in and out of a device.Most don't filter the ground but just the hot and neutral, but a few do.I would like to search Line Filters and Snubbers a bit.Most line-filters eliminate high freq noise to make sure devices don't ruin the power and screw up another device.

The line-filter in microwaves might be fun for a do-it-yourselfer to try, but they might not be able to prevent nuisance tripping.It may be a source of cheap parts if it filters the ground path.Would like someone to reply if they try it.

It's best to find a way to power the fridge on a separate branch circuit without the dang GFI until refrigerator manufacturers step-up and prevent leakage currents to ground.

Do you know if your fridge outlet is the first in a string of protected outlets?If you're lucky, move the GFI to the 2nd outlet.The best place to learn/practice wiring and drywall repair is a garage.

I had to install all the dual function breakers in a complete rewire of a 120 year old house.Since, a lot of tripping.The new breakers are triped by lasers.This technology sounds great and may work on new construction.It was not ready for prime-time on retrofits.Thanks NEC.

The fridge tripped the gfci receptacle in the kitchen when the cycle started.The utility room next to the upstairs bath was on the same circuit as the new hot water recirculating pump.The gfci stopped tripping when I unplugged the pump.

The load of a refrig can be handled by a snubber built into every microwave.If the refrig is used, it won't work.The code stops at the outlet when the motor locks up because it needs a breaker rated for the normal load and a box between the fridge and outlet.

As always, a great article.I own an old fridge.It was in my house for a long time.It tripped the receptacle in the garage.It ran for months after being put in to a non-GFCI.It was moved to my daughter's rented house, where all the receptacles in her garage are GFCI.I have searched for "snubber" several times but no luck.Lots of experts were arguing.I don't know where to look or what it will look like, so I would like to buy one.Anything would be helpful.Thanks!

I have a new house in California.I need to plug my second refrigerator into the garage because I have the hot water heater plugged in.Every time I plug the fridge in the garage is GCFI.I have an electrician looking into it, but he doesn't know how to get around the code in California.I need someone to help me with this.