[Boatanchors] Ground Fault Repair

[Ken Woodside]

This may be a bit off topic, but please bear with me
since it affects my ham shack. I recently found the
110 vac ground fault interrupter (GFCI) that serves my
radio equipment tripped. I had not been on the air for
several days. So, I disconnected EVERYTHING from the
circuit and reset the GCFI and to my amazement it
continued to trip! Must be a faulty GFCI...This is the
type of installation where one GFCI controls and feeds
and hopefully protects several outlets.   

So off to the store to purchase a new one, and this
one, once installed also trips immediately upon
resetting the unit. Strange. 

Next logical step I figured was to go to each known
outlet on the circuit and remove the outlet so all
that remained was the wall box and the wires. Also a
good cleaning was in order, especially the outdoor
outlets. This had to fix the problem...

Wrong again! The new GCFI still trips. I can only
assume at this point that I have a compromised outlet
somewhere on the circuit of which I am not aware or
Murphy's Law is operating at full tilt here in
Michigan
or both. Also I have not been drilling or nailing
anything into walls recently.

Any ideas out there as to what to check? Your
indulgence will help me get my equipment back on the
air.  Thank you. Ken Woodside WB8EQO


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