[SML] Sympathetic GFI Tripping

[Jerry Durand]

Might be sharing a neutral wire.

Also, are these combined spark detecting/GFCI?  Those can be tripped
just by thinking about a thunderstorm.

On 03/02/2016 09:02 AM, Alf Sauve' via Stagecraft wrote:
> Started using our Blendtech after a hiatus and since the kitchen
> renovation.
>
> Part of the renovation added two circuits with GFI breakers in our
> electrical box.   Well, it seems when the Blendtech kicks in to high
> speed there must be an induction of current into another circuit as
> one of the new GFI breakers trips.  Not the one with the blender on
> it, but another one!    Am guessing the wires are running in parallel
> to tightly packed going through holes in the floor joists.
>
> And it doesn't happen every time the blender kicks into high, only if
> it had something heavy to blend.  Filling the jar with water won't
> produce the sympathetic tripping.
>
> The circuit being tripped isn't in the kitchen but runs the lights and
> outlets in the breakfast area, so I'm replacing it with a non-GFI one.
>

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