Outside Kitchen Fridge blow GFCI breaker ciruit

[ls1mike]

Any ideas? Dry as a bone back there. When I turn the fidge off or unplug it, the cuircuit is fine. Don't want to take it in to the dealer if I don't have too.

[hankaye]

ls1mike, Howdy;

improper ground? bare wire touching another? bad recepticle from manufacturer.....
Think you may have to dig around and check some things out...

hankaye

[happytrails]

Originally Posted by hankaye

ls1mike, Howdy;

improper ground? bare wire touching another? bad recepticle from manufacturer.....
Think you may have to dig around and check some things out...

hankaye

I agree with all those. Could be a wire in the fridge itself too. Also if the GFCI is in another receptical that this one is tied to or built in to the breaker itself either of those may be bad too. We had that issue in the basement of my house. Our fridge (in the garage) blew the GFCI in the basement that fed the outlet for the garage every time it threatened to rain?? Replaced it and it works fine now. Go figure! GFCIs are finicky.

One thing I have noticed in our TT is that the outlets are not your typical run of the mill type either. The wiring is built in to the outlet and crimped to the wires from the feed. This means that the crimps are in your wall but not too far. If you ever need to remove a crimp you should replace it with a crimp and not the twist-type wire nuts. Those would be bad in a TT because of vibration. You should be able to pull the crimps out far enough to work on them.

The outlets I have seen so far install a little like an "old work" box. The screws have a plastic bar on them that turn when you tighten/loosen the screws. These bars sinch up against the wall to hold them in place. There is no "outlet box" like you find in a house. The outlet is the box sort of. Just be careful with the wiring!

Hope this all helps and you track it down!