Charliehustle
New member
While attempting to season the new #2 today I had problems with it tripping 2 different GFCI outlets. Most of the time it would trip immediately and other times after 5 seconds. I new it was not due to a faulty GFCI, because I had recently used a circular saw on it without any problems. I opened the back panel of the #2 and all looked kosher. Hmmm!
According to some posts on other forums they explained that the heating elements have residual moisture from the manufacturing process and this is what causes the immediate GFI trip. They indicated that I should run it for at least two hours on a non-GFI outlet to dry it out. I completed the 4 hr. seasoning on a non-GFI outlet, then plugged in to the GFI outlet that was tripping it before and it works like a charm now on GFI outlets.
Thought I'd contribute and share my experience.
Andy
According to some posts on other forums they explained that the heating elements have residual moisture from the manufacturing process and this is what causes the immediate GFI trip. They indicated that I should run it for at least two hours on a non-GFI outlet to dry it out. I completed the 4 hr. seasoning on a non-GFI outlet, then plugged in to the GFI outlet that was tripping it before and it works like a charm now on GFI outlets.
Thought I'd contribute and share my experience.
Andy
