Hello Group, A follow-up to my question why does my paper shredder trip the GFI outlet. I received 7 responses to my original note. For that I thank you all. The consensus seemed to indicate the shredder is noisy and probably on the hairy edge of "fault current". And, that adding some line cord length or re-arranging (re-routing) the cord may help.
When I went to experiment, the shredder had not been tripping the GFI. I gave up and about a week later it tripped 3 times in a row. Since then I have added an 8 foot long extension cord between the shredder and the far outlet. The shredder still sits in its original location directly in front of the GFI outlet. Now that I look at it, this is a dumb test. So just now I moved the extension cord from the far outlet and connected it directly to the GFI outlet. All the extra cord is tucked between the shredder and the walls (in a corner). Now I'll have to wait a week or two to see if it trips again. Once again, thank you all for your comments. Scott Douglas Email: [email protected] This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
