[Shop-talk] GFCI tripping

jamesf at groupwbench.org jamesf at groupwbench.org
Thu Jul 5 08:50:12 MDT 2007


> My treadmill is tripping the GFCI for some reason lately. 20amp breaker,
> 12ga wire, 20amp gfci duplex outlet.

I do know that treadmills specifically will trip arc-fault breakers, which
are now required in bedrooms, so I'd bet they play havoc with the logic of
a GFCI too. Is there anything in the manual regarding the use of GFCIs?

I've never heard of a GFCI wearing out.

jim


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