[SML] Sympathetic GFI Tripping

[Richard Niederberg]

Sharing a neutral could contribute to this situation, but leakage to ground
is more likely, if leakage increases when the amperage drawn increases.
/s/ Richard

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Jerry Durand via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> --
> Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc.  www.interstellar.com
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>
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/s/ Richard
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