"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
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Freezer and refrigerators should never be on a GFCI breaker.

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I learned this many years ago. The man who did lawn maintenance for me
mowed the lawn while I was out of town on vacation. He stepped into some
water while he was using something that was plugged into an electrical
outlet. Fortunately, the CFCI worked just as it was supposed to, and it
immediately shut down the outlets connected to it. When I got home, I
learned that the outlets in the garage were connected to that same
breaker--and my freezer was in the garage. I immediately had a separate
breaker installed for the freezer (after discarding all the food that was in
it).

Note: I have several outlets that are GFCI outlets (all the kitchen and
bathroom outlets). However, the one I was describing was set in the breaker
box, so it controls several outlets.

MaryL