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fharris770
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« on: March 09, 2016, 04:05:54 PM »
I just installed a GFCI 15 amp breaker and ran the feed to a junction box then ran two wires to two outside outlets I installed.  All new wiring, receptacles, and breaker.  turned on breaker and had power to both outside outlets.  Pushed the test button on breaker and it tripped as it should.

When I plug a drill into either receptacle it trips.  Not the first GFCI I have installed.  Any ideas as to what I might have done wrong?
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JP
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2016, 07:32:16 PM »
Just to be clear, the receptacles are not GFCI, only the breaker correct. If that is the case and everything else is done correctly it is either the drill or the breaker. Test the drill on other GFCI circuits, sometimes motors can trip a GFCI.
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