rediculous?
I went to take a shower a couple days ago, and when I flipped on the ventalation fan, I heard the GFCI outlet nearby trip. I looked at it curiously and reset it. I played with the fan more and I could get it to trip by turning on the fan about 7/10 times. Which is interesting as the fan is not on the "Load" side of said GFCI. Just introducing some interference on the line side.
Knowing that its as old as the home, about 2001, I went to Lowes a few days later and bought a new one. It was a Eaton tamper resistant model. Putting in the new GFCI fixed the fan tripping issue, but when I went to plug back in the hair dryer, I almost couldnt. I could feel the wall giving as I tried to force the plug into the outlet.
I took it back out and returned it, finding a comparable non-TR GFCI outlet, also from Eaton, and bought that instead. I did notice as I was installing it there was a sticker not to install it in "Wet or damp locations per NEC 2008.blahblah" I had to roll my eyes; thats what a GFCI is for...?
Anybody else have this much trouble with these outlets?
I went to take a shower a couple days ago, and when I flipped on the ventalation fan, I heard the GFCI outlet nearby trip. I looked at it curiously and reset it. I played with the fan more and I could get it to trip by turning on the fan about 7/10 times. Which is interesting as the fan is not on the "Load" side of said GFCI. Just introducing some interference on the line side.
Knowing that its as old as the home, about 2001, I went to Lowes a few days later and bought a new one. It was a Eaton tamper resistant model. Putting in the new GFCI fixed the fan tripping issue, but when I went to plug back in the hair dryer, I almost couldnt. I could feel the wall giving as I tried to force the plug into the outlet.
I took it back out and returned it, finding a comparable non-TR GFCI outlet, also from Eaton, and bought that instead. I did notice as I was installing it there was a sticker not to install it in "Wet or damp locations per NEC 2008.blahblah" I had to roll my eyes; thats what a GFCI is for...?
Anybody else have this much trouble with these outlets?