[Lowfer] GFCI trips when transmitting on 2200M

[Lee]

Fight the "on the Cheap" impulse and replace GFCI with new technology. 25 years old! In my opinion you sould ditch it. The life you save could be your own!
Lee


-----Original Message-----
>From: Dexter McIntyre W4DEX <dexter.mc at gmail.com>
>Sent: Dec 7, 2012 6:53 AM
>To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp;
>	UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Lowfer] GFCI trips when transmitting on 2200M
>
>My AC power meter and primary AC panel box is located less than ten feet 
>from my LF coil and vertical wire.  I've never had a problem with the 
>ground fault breakers in that box tripping when transmitting on 137 
>kHz.  That is until I placed some Christmas lights a bit over one 
>hundred feet from the other end of the house from where the panel box is 
>located.  The lights are powered with 125 feet of cable laying on the 
>ground.  The RF return current this cable is carrying measures just a 
>few milliamps, apparently just enough to occasionally trip the breaker.  
>Attaching multiple clamp on chokes around the cable made on difference.  
>The GFCI was installed 25 years ago.  I just read that newer ones are 
>much better at preventing false tripping due to RF.  I could just 
>replace the breaker but being a tight wad I had rather find a cure for 
>this temporary problem rather than to replace a working breaker. 
>
>Any thoughts about what to try next?
>
>Dex
>
>Hummm......I may try an isolation transformer.  The lights are LED and 
>operate at only 16 watts for 250 C9 size bulbs.
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