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Refrigerator Outlet

 
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vm17



Joined: 06 Jun 2008
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Location: NY
PostPosted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:39 pm    Post subject: Refrigerator Outlet Reply with quote
I put my old refrigerator in the garage and plugged it into a 15 amp line. It worked for a while but kciked off the gfi outlet next to my box in the basement. The circuit breaker never turned off--just the gfi outlet. It consistantly shuts the outlet off not the circuit breaker. Should I just replace the GFI outlet or upgrade to a 20 amp breaker or both?
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Joined: 31 Aug 2004
Posts: 321
Location: michigan
PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Do not put a 20 amp breaker in as the circuit is sized for the 15 amp and you could cause a fire. That is not the problem any way. There is a ground fault somewhere that the gfi is picking up or it is a bad gfi plug.
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