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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
erik_squires
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I am actually more than a little surprised that there even IS a GFCI outlet on a conditioner.  I'm not sure what the point of it is unless it's within 6' of a sink... :D

In any event, GFCI outlets are pretty standard.  If you know how to use a screwdriver you could replace it in less than 5 minutes, but I honestly have no idea what you would use it for.

Someone please explain.... :D

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califortini OP
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Thanks everyone for your comments. I just received a new outlet and will look at installing it over the weekend. I’ll post results here, or any testing I end up doing to track it down. For the few questions above, I do not plug anything into it - it faults when I power on the other devices. this is a stock image of the back. Great (or not so great) to hear others experienced the same thing but able to fix.

link to back

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