Does anyone know much about these little suckers. When I switched over from shore power to my new solar power there eminated from the GFCI in the bathrooma low buzz. I was testing my solar power and therefor the switch over. I believe all my electric receptacles are tied into this GFCI as when I turned it off (the red light came on on the GFCI) the resty of the electrical outlets would not work. When I reset the GFCI they would; although the "buzz" returned to the GFCI. What gives?
bjoyce said
10:14 PM May 4, 2010
When we had a buzzing GFCI it meant the outlet was defective and we needed to replace it. You are not grounding correctly somewhere on solar power, the GFCI is detecting a leak. GFCI's are a protection device to keep you from getting electrocuted, normally due to water.
2fortheroad said
10:31 PM May 4, 2010
Hello Doc, I am not up on solar, but is there a chance there isn't a bad battery or loose connection, maybe a wire grounding-out. It seems strange that all of the recepticles are tied to the GFI. You might unplug everything and see if the humming stops, if it does then plug in each item one at a time, you may be getting a back feed from an appliance.
Hamshog said
06:31 AM May 5, 2010
Hey Doc,
All your recepts are not tied to the GFI.(At least they shouldn't be.) And I assume your running thru an inverter?? If the GFI works when your plugged in to shore power, you've got something else going on in the solar system..
Hello Doc, I am not up on solar, but is there a chance there isn't a bad battery or loose connection, maybe a wire grounding-out. It seems strange that all of the recepticles are tied to the GFI. You might unplug everything and see if the humming stops, if it does then plug in each item one at a time, you may be getting a back feed from an appliance.
All your recepts are not tied to the GFI.(At least they shouldn't be.) And I assume your running thru an inverter?? If the GFI works when your plugged in to shore power, you've got something else going on in the solar system..
Regards, Hamshog