secondar outlets in a gfi circuit

rgoodell

i have an gfi out that seems to be working porperly i plug in and tha appliance works there are 2 more outlets wired to this main outlet and there is power to these outlets and when i plug in an appliance it main gfi trips checked all wires changed the gfi outlet and still same problems where to go from here? bob

Jim Port

If the appliance is tripping the GFI it needs to be repaired or replaced.

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joecaption

Try pluging in something else and see if it still trips.
100% sure you have the line and loads hooked up right?
Line is incoming power, load is anything down line from the first outlet.
Anything sharing a nutral?

rgoodell

i changwed the gfi wiht a new one same results the appliance orks ook on the gfi but the second outlet when you plug in to it it trips the gfi note these out let all worked 6 months ago cannot find a broked wire yet about ready to pull new wires but that will be a chore

Jim Port

I think the keyboard is broken too.

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joecaption

One loose connection is going to cause a GFI to trip.

rgoodell

have not found a loose connection or a boken wire

jbfan

Where are these receptacles located?

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Dave632

Since it works OK on the GFI outlet, but not on the 2nd and on down the line, it sounds like the problem would be somewhere from the "load" connection on the GFI to the 2nd socket (the 1st socket down stream from the GFI).

In the workbox for the 2nd outlet, you could disconnect the wires leading to the 3rd outlet, but leave all the rest connected. If you still have the problem, you've isolated it to GFI --> Outlet-2. If the problem disappears, then it's downstream of outlet-2.

hidden1

Is this appliance one that must be on its own circuit?