At 01:34 AM 10/26/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>deas.
>
>Yesterday morning, I found my refrigerator off and discovered that the GFIC
>outlet just "upstream" from it had tripped. It would trip again as soon as I
>reset it. The refrigerator itself was on a regular outlet. And the outlet
>"downstream" from it wasn't working either.
It sounds like the GFIC outlet is wired to "protect" the regular outlet(s)
downstream from it. Then the GFIC detects
a problem in any of the downstream outlets, it will shut off the power to them.
And like others said, it is pretty obvious your refrigerator is busted.
Doug Braun
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