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Mysterious GFCI

18 years ago

Hi,

I have two GFCI breakers and they protect the basment power sockets as required by code. I have had quite a bit of nuisance tripping recently. One of the GFCI trips daily. I thought it might be damp, it gets humid down there, but summer is over now and the air is more dry. (I am in southern New York State).

It seems to trip more when there is high TV or internet usage. One of the GFCI circuits powers an Electroline Cable TV amplifier, a cable modem and a Linksys router. I know that in essence a GFCI senses the current going to and coming back from a circuit. I was just wondering if when I was using the TV and internet, then some of the current would "leak" into the signal wires. Some current I suppose has to go into driving the CAT5 network and the cable signal to the TV's. Would this current be sufficient to trip a GFCI?

Best, Mike.

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