Chest Freezer shorts out GFI

[Lori]

My freezer tripped the GFI and every time I plug it in it trips it. I tried other outlets on differenct GFI's and it does the same thing at all of them.

 

[Gemma Bush]

try switching off other appliances on that circuit. you could be pushing it over the limit

 

[endoftheworld]

You have an earth leakage on your freezer greater than 30mA. Not uncommon for older class 1 appliances to fail this way.

Overloading would trip the breaker not the GFI so it's not that, unless it's a combined trip like an RCBO. In any case that would usually take some time to trip.

Be happy that you have a GFI, that saved you getting a shock from the freezer.

It may be degraded wiring if your lucky, or it may be a faulty compressor. In any case time to call the appliance repair man.

 

[gissle]

Sounds like endoftheworld is a professional who knows what he's talking about.

If it's tripping, it's faulty. It will only trip the system for safety reasons to save you from a nasty shock.

It needs repairing,or a new freezer.