On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:12:52 -0600, Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>For some reason switching power supplies and inductive loads are prone 
>to tripping them, I can't understand why (inductive maybe because of 
>power factor, switching supply, who knows...) All I know is my freezer 
>has a tag on the plug that says never plug into a GFCI outlet (truth: 
>parents did this, and noticed soon enough the freezer stopped working 
>before everything thawed, then it kept happening. The motor that runs 
>the compressor draws a lot of current, and probably doesn't have power 
>factor correction)
>

I think that you must be right about the inductive loads. I don't have as many
problems now since changing to energy saving light bulbs.

>On the other hand, it was quite irritating to have the GFCI 
>spontaneously trip on the circuit my computer was plugged into. I 
>finally resorted to buying a long high-grade extension cord and finding 
>an unprotected outlet on the other side of the apartment (in a different 
>room, mind you) to plug my computer into.
>

I ended buying individual filtering circuits for all my HiFi components and what
a difference that has made to the sound quality. :)

>Ironically, the outlet on the porch isn't GFCI protected. :-D

WTF! Double indemnity outside the home? :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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