GFCi breaker

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k4man

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Sep 17, 2013
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I used my new 40" smoker last Sunday for the first time, ran it for nearly 3 hours seasoning it, then smoked chickens on Monday. I went to smoke pork today and the breaker immediately trips. Can anyone help?
 
You probably have some moisture somewhere in the circuits.  Try using a blow dryer to dry out any exposed wiring.  Give it a while and try it again.

Good luck,

Bill
 
Try it on a regular (non gfci ) breaker. If it does not trip then you may have a weak GFCI. MES recommends to not use GFCI circuits w/ the MES.

 If it trips  a reg breaker then return the unit to wherever you bought it.
 
Unfortunately under the building code for the last 10 years or so ALL outside, garage, basement, kitchen, bath, or other damp environment outlets are supposes to be on a GFCI breaker.  Just because the outlet does not look like a GFCI does not mean it is not on a branch where a GFCI is located "upstream" (which makes it on the GFCI).
 
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