I don't think there is any reason a fridge should leak to ground. I think
GFCI's have a bit higher risk of tripping... I know my GFCI breakers will
trip in a major thunderstorm once in a while. You don't put the fridge on
the GFCI because you don't want to lose a ton of food if the thing decides
to trip when you're not home. And where you said "black wire" below, I
think you meant green or bare wire.
-Steve
At 03:31 PM 4/29/2005, Trevor Boicey wrote:
> Ground is chassis ground only. It should have no current flow, or at
> least just sort of a "background noise" of current flow. Some devices
> like fridges apparently leak to ground, I've never measured this but I
> know for this reason you can't put a fridge on a GCFI circuit because it
> will pop it leaking to ground. But basically, no current flows on the
> black wire, it's for safety.
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