Beer fridge trippin

[The Cobbler]

I know post is 6 yrs. old and no one going to read this but, OP wanted to fix fridge not learn about GFCIs which I would NEVER have a fridge plugged into one CODE or not it's a big NO! The problem is electricians think Codes are everything and that they know everything. If it isn't FLUKE or KLIEN its junk and life threatening!!!! These Prima donnas are all the same, I worked/know 100s of electrician's including my father-in-Law, and maybe 20 are normal thinking people Father in-law isn't one of the 20.

As a retired HVACR tech I know more about electricity then the majority of "Electrician's" do. With that said I am sure im going to get banned now LMAO, I could probably tell the OP what was wrong with his fridge, but he didn't reply back to the only one who was interested in fixing the fridge, 6 yrs ago. Cool site though I accidentally found it the page.

Lot of effort to join & stumble upon this thread, and then really have nothing to say in a long winded post .
Hmmm

 

[NUTTSGT]

Lot of effort to join & stumble upon this thread, and then really have nothing to say in a long winded post .
Hmmm

Probably won't be back and if he does, probably won't last long.

 

[wyliesdiesels]

lol. didnt expect to see this one again, but I guess I did leave it hanging. So for those interested, I took the route of just moving the gfi downstream so the fridge was in a regular outlet. No problems since, fridge still working to this day.

yeah so you didnt fix the problem in the fridge

 

[red61cj5]

yeah so you didnt fix the problem in the fridge

nope. you win.

 

[nsula_country]

nope. you win.

Was it the defroster heating element?

That was my guess 6 years ago!

No fridge or freezer on a GFCI, EVER!

CT

 

[NUTTSGT]

nope. you win.

Let me know when you have it solved or satisfied with the issue. I will close this thread down as we don't need "one hit wonders" making great appearances.

Thanks

 

[dave*99]

Let me know when you have it solved or satisfied with the issue. I will close this thread down as we don't need "one hit wonders" making great appearances.

Thanks

I believe a choice was made right about here:

lol. didnt expect to see this one again, but I guess I did leave it hanging. So for those interested, I took the route of just moving the gfi downstream so the fridge was in a regular outlet. No problems since, fridge still working to this day.

FWIW, I replaced the defrost bulb in a fridge years ago. Long before GFCI came into play. The bulb was a long glass tube and the glass was broken. I noticed some small pieces of glass at the back of the freezer which led me to investigate. Easy job. I think it was still defrosting before I replaced it - so it's likely it would have tripped a GFCI.


It looked something like this:

 

[red61cj5]

Let me know when you have it solved or satisfied with the issue. I will close this thread down as we don't need "one hit wonders" making great appearances.

Thanks

AFAIC its done. Thanks