[SML] Sympathetic GFI Tripping

[Dan Sheehan]

... but it's tripping the *other* circuit, not the one in use and loaded.
Alf, does it make any difference if the other circuit is loaded or not ?

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> 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
>> tel: +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free: 1 866 356-3886
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