I have one of those GFCI outlets outside and having the PID connecting to it caused the switch on the outlet to trigger causing power going to the outlet to stop. Has anybody plugged their pid before in a GFCI outlet? Weird thing I used the other side of the plug and the PID stayed on.
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ghost,
you may have an issue with your GFCI. Sometimes a "trip" while under high power draw can fry the innards, and everything looks normal externally.
I'm with SalmonSmoker, I think you have a bad GFCI. I've always used my PID on GFCI outlets and never had a problem with the GFCI tripping. The fact that one side of the plugs works fine with your PID and the other does not is a pretty clear indication of a GFCI problem.
does half the gfi work? from your description it sounds like it does,,, if so replace your GFI,, also i do agree with above,,, how ever if a new gfi trips,,, you may have a fault to ground issue .. it wont much to trip a gfi recept were talking appros 15 to 20 milli amps to trip it,, if the only item that trips the gfi is the smoker,,, check out all the circuity in the smoker to ground ,, any leakage to ground will cause the trip...
hope the above works
It seemed the other side of the plug works as I heated the smoker to 225 without an issue and then opened the door and it raised back to 225. When I was only using the smoker without the mod or the PID it never tripped the GFCI. It could very well be the extension cord I am also using. I am smoking two birds tomorrow will see if it turns off and will report back. It could be the ground as you mentioned but I ensured it was fully secured when I did the mod to 900 watt.
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