Denny,
FWIW: (my advice is worth what yours is. <<grin>>)

I wired all outlets in my house that were in areas where you could groundyourself
to GFI breakers. IE: kitchen, b'rooms, outdoors, laundry, and garage.NOT the
washer, and NOT the 'fridge. When we put a freezer in the garage, Ichanged that
breaker to a conventional one. Dunno about code, but I'd never puta sump pump on
a GFI breaker or outlet because it's too likely to nusiance trip, andthe
consequences are bad.

Our trailers are like a washer or even that sump pump in that electricalleakage
isn't unlikely due to moisture problems. If you know what causes nusiance
tripping, it gives you some ideas on where to look: outdoor receptacles,and
possibly the 'fridge receptacle. I'm still learning, and I just discoveredthat
the 'fridge on my trailer is plugged into a receptacle. Said connectionis outside
the normal living space and I can see where it might get moisture,spider webs,
etc. in it, causing trouble. It should be possible to remove thosereceptacles and
replace them if they look anything but pristine. A very small amountof dust or
dirt can and will collect moisture, causing electrical leakage, thuscausing the
GFI to trip.

<<Jim>>

Denny644@aol.com wrote:

>
>
> also, its NOT a good idea to wire the lighting cicruits to these.Code
> requires only outlets be protected. I started by wiring the basementcircuits
> in the house, lights and all. then when i tested it, i was left inthe dark
> <smile>. now, i have the outlets down there on GFI, and the lightsare run
> straight back to the main box. glad i found that while testing.
>

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