I have a new electric stainless steel smoker. Had a plug put on the deck next to the smoker that has a GFI. The GFI keeps triping. When plugged into a plug without a GFI it works fine. GFI has been tested and is fine. Anybody else have this problem. My e-mail is
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Im not an electrician by any means but it sounds like the GFI is rated too low for the amp's that are drawn from it to power the Bradley. So it is thinking that you are getting shocked and is tripping.
Its not unusual for a piece of equipment to trip a gfci , yet work in a regular outlet. A GFCI is designed to save lives , thus the fault current to trip is very low. You should trust the GFCI. I would have the smoker checked by an electrician, well no i wouldn't because I am one. It is better to be safe than sorry.
i agree with having the smoker checked .. you might have some type of voltage going through the ground conductor of the unit ( the neutral would be normal ) which would trip the gfi only way to find this out is to put the smoker on a regular recptical that is not protected by gfi and with a volt meter touch one lead to the bare metal of the case or bare screw and the screw on the recptical and if you have a voltage reading you have a device that is leaking voltage through ground typically it would be connections, the puck advance motor or heater connections. also check the insulation of the conductors carefully for any cracks, frays or damage and replace if necessary.
by the way im an electrical contractor
beefmann
Hello Beefman, I'm a contractor to. where you located.
in oange county calif
See I told ya I didn't know what I was talking about.
Just a quick thought.
Could the inductive load of the heater cause the GFI to trip? ???
Has anyone else tried running their smoker on a GFI circuit?
Also is the GFI a breaker or receptical?
OK well I guess more than one quick thought. ;D
Quote from: pensrock on September 04, 2008, 06:35:07 PM
Just a quick thought.
Could the inductive load of the heater cause the GFI to trip? ???
Also is the GFI a breaker or receptical?
OK well I guess more than one quick thought. ;D
Yeah thats what I was trying to say or ask
Inductive loads should have no effect on the GFI.
My BDS is plugged into a GFI with no problem.
with a 500 watt heater on a gfi No ... and with a 900 watt, 120 watt fan no
I have ran the orginal 500 watt heater on a gfi and have modified my smoker with a fan and 900 watt finned heater both have never triped a GFI recptical
Beefmann
All my outdoor outlets are GFI, and the only time I had any problem is when an unexpected T-storm came through and my power strip got drenched.
Well that helps narrow it down then. If there is not a problem with his GFI circuit it has to be voltage going to ground in the smoker somehow, as beefman suggested.
Could it be a bad GFI ????
Al
it might be a bad GFI or a mis wired GFI if that is the case then anything would trip it.. I have ran into people have replaced a gfi and mis wired it and the basic tester wouldent trip it though a havier load would.. IE the smoker...
and the orginial post i believe stated it was checked and if fine... one thing that he might do is plug another device into the GFI and see if that trips it.. lets say a drill? or simulaar device..
Beefmann
Bingo Beefman...just thought I'd lay back in this conversation being a chick and all...only one way to know...plug something else with equal volts...did homebuilding for a long time...lots of customer care!!!