Help with Equitech 1.5Q power conditioner


Hello all. My Equitech GFCI plug on the back keeps popping when I turn on the switches Equitech switches. Am I overloading the unit or is there an issue with the GFCI plug. It worked for a while but was always super easy to trip. I only have my Amp, preamp, TV, and speakers plugged into it. Any help would be appreciated. I am in in San Francisco bay area, are there recommendations to any place I can take to to get it looked at? With it tripping so much would replacing the gfci plug with a new one help (wonder if the current one is worn out?). It is out of warranty and I do not have the box it came in to ship. Thanks!

califortini

Reset the GFCI then checked for voltage from neutral contact to EGC, measured 1.2mV. I can’t see the math how that would cause enough of an imbalance to cause a 5ma current flow to ground.

@jea48 Couple of thoughts. I = V/R, so when R goes to 0, current goes to infinity. In this case any R less than 0.24 Ohms would result in 5mA, assuming 0 source resistance.

0.0012 V / 0.24 Ohms = 0.005 A

0.0012 V / 0.1 Ohms = 0.012 A

The other thing is that when doing so on a live home circuit you are essentially shorting the entire home’s neutral to ground.

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Anyway....

Point is, if the OP's gear trips in the kitchen the issue becomes provably to be in that piece of gear.

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