On 7/28/2012 5:59 AM, John Shadle wrote: > I'm using Leviton smartlockpro 20A GFCI outlets from Home Depot. > They're not "cheap", but maybe they don't have adequate RFI protection > (obviously). > > I suppose the first solution is to remove the GFI from the situation, > but I thought using it was the "right thing to do". Any personal > anecdotes or advice would be welcome.
The first thing that I would check is the "green ground", i.e. the grounding wire. For something like this, it should go directly to the ground bus inside the entrance panel, not tied in with any other "green ground". Are you using metal conduit / "Thinwall" or PVC? If metal, check the grounding. They make "hubs" that have a screw terminal for just that purpose. Second, make sure that your station equipment is bonded to each other and grounded to a common ground that is bonded to the "house" ground. This is important both for RFI reduction and for safety. If that doesn't alleviate the problem, contact the Leviton technical assistance folks. This may be a known problem and they may have a "fix" for that model of GFCI, or s others have said, try a different brand or convert the circuit breaker to a GFCI type - maybe the best bet. Hard to diagnose this at long distance. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane (PE - Electrical) Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 VP - Engineering and General Counsel CSI Telecommunications, Inc. Consulting Engineers >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
