Re: Capacitor to bypass GFI outlet?

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Charles Sullivan" <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.01.03.04.54.57.420823@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The simplest, cheapest thing to try is to temporarily replace the
> GFCI outlet with a regular (non-GFI) outlet - around $0.60 at Loews.
> Test to see if it makes any difference.  If not, put back the original
> GFCI and look elsewhere for the problem.

That's an even better way to determine if the GFCI is the problem!

> As it happens I've installed/replaced a couple of GFCIs into
> which appliance modules are plugged.  And I just remembered
> that I bought a box of three and still have the box.  These
> are Cooper model XGF15W.  I'm pretty sure I got them at
> Loews; if not it would have been at Home Depot.

Unfortunately, manufacturers often change their design in midstream.  I have
virtually identical APS UPS's but one's a signal sink, the other's not.
Same with CFL bulbs.  But at least it's a good start knowing which equipment
has worked for other people.

--
Bobby G.