GFCI on the kitchen island tripping with nothing plugged into any of the outlets it controls.
- Thread starter Runquist
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Take it out and inspect for wire short.
Turfengineer
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I had a similar issue with my GFCI outlet in the bathroom. It fed the kitchen, outdoor and coffee bar outlet legs and would trip after a few minutes, even when there was nothing plugged into any of the outlets.
After a trip to the factory, hours of checking connection and replacing outlets, nothing resolved the issue. I ended up bypassing the kitchen outlets near a water source, which reduced to total outlets being powered through one GFCI. This has stopped the tripping and everything tests out properly. I don’t know if this is the absolute best path forward, but it appears to be safe and being able to use all my outlets is nice.
After a trip to the factory, hours of checking connection and replacing outlets, nothing resolved the issue. I ended up bypassing the kitchen outlets near a water source, which reduced to total outlets being powered through one GFCI. This has stopped the tripping and everything tests out properly. I don’t know if this is the absolute best path forward, but it appears to be safe and being able to use all my outlets is nice.
Well, something new today. After I took it out and looked at it last night I found nothing. I put it back in, reset it and it worked just fine until about 15 minutes ago, that was approximately 18 hours. All of a sudden it tripped again! I am fairly good with electrical issues because of my Air Force career, but not sure what is happening here.
BryanValRox
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For clarity here, are we talking about the GFI outlet tripping OR the breaker for the GFI tripping at the electrical panel?
BryanValRox
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When you removed it, where was it at within the over all circuit?
At the end of the line, meaning it doesn’t run to another outlet or in-line with wires in and out that feed another outlet?
And if in-line did you note which side was the supply?
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BryanValRox
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Ok, good to know, placement within the circuit determines which outlet are protected for ground fault issues.
So, assuming your line, load, netural and ground connections are hooked to the correct terminals on the outlet, your root cause would in theory be on the outbound side of the circuit that feeds other outlets.
I would start by tracing that wiring and looking for obvious issues with the wiring, routing, and connections until you reach the end of the circuit. Is there an outside outlet? Could insulation be cracked open somewhere? Could wiring be rubbing on or near a slide out?
You could attempt to prove the theory correct by unhooking the outbound side of the gfi and see if the outlet hold long term.
BryanValRox
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Glad to help, please follow back up with root cause! It’s helps all of us sharpen our saw!
BryanValRox
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So, I will assume your inspections didn’t uncover anything obvious that would be the assignable cause?
BryanValRox
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Well, I am glad that you are no longer experiencing the issue, have to wonder if something at the previous park was causing the issue, it would appear so.
Best regards!
For $20...you can test the shore power for all sorts of issues. While on our way to the National Rally one RV park we stayed at, had a bad breaker and it was reported on this device. I always check the shore power before plugging in with this. The RV park switched the breaker for us and we were back to clean 50 amp service.