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Originally Posted by Fuzz
GFCI's do go bad, but they also don't really like the type of draw a motor like that generates. They can cause some feedback from the motor causing a trip. I think it usually means the motor needs to be replaced(if it worked fine for years), but I'd try swapping a new GFCI first. Apparently they are only supposed to last 10 years.
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That's straightforward enough- I like it!
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Originally Posted by Brendone
I had a GFCI trip randomly in our basement. Bought an outlet tester from Amazon and found several plugs with bad grounds (wire wasn’t under the box ground bolt). Based on that, I started pulling switches out and found a couple bad grounds there as well. Could be unrelated, but so far no trips since I fixed those (knock on wood).
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YouTube is pointing me in the direction of ground fault and continuity testing. This might be my once-every-decade opportunity to dust off the multimeter!