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AC powered Energizer tripping GFCI
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<blockquote data-quote="MikeManassas" data-source="post: 1617179" data-attributes="member: 39635"><p>I have used a ParMak fence charger on a GFCI equipped circuit for 10 years with no problems. Sometimes a tree branch would fall on one of the fence wires and ground it to a post or guy wire. The voltage on the charger display would drop dramatically, but the GFCI never tripped.</p><p></p><p>My 10 year old charger died and I replaced it with a ParMak Mark8. Within a few days I noticed that the GFCI circuit had tripped. I reset the GFCI and removed the hot wire from the red terminal of the charger, plugged it back in and it looked OK. Reattaching the hot wire to the charger immediately tripped the GFCI again. </p><p></p><p>I walked the fence and found a wire touching a guy wire. The only variable in all of this was replacing the old FieldMaster charger with a new Mark8. After reading in this post about installing an isolation transformer I bought a Tripp Lite IS250 Isolation Transformer from Amazon. I deliberately left the fault on the fence and plugged the Mark8 into the transformer. The GFCI did not trip but the display on the charger read "0.0". After fixing the fence the charger again read a normal 11 to 12 thousand volts. I have not had any problem with the Mark8 since.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeManassas, post: 1617179, member: 39635"] I have used a ParMak fence charger on a GFCI equipped circuit for 10 years with no problems. Sometimes a tree branch would fall on one of the fence wires and ground it to a post or guy wire. The voltage on the charger display would drop dramatically, but the GFCI never tripped. My 10 year old charger died and I replaced it with a ParMak Mark8. Within a few days I noticed that the GFCI circuit had tripped. I reset the GFCI and removed the hot wire from the red terminal of the charger, plugged it back in and it looked OK. Reattaching the hot wire to the charger immediately tripped the GFCI again. I walked the fence and found a wire touching a guy wire. The only variable in all of this was replacing the old FieldMaster charger with a new Mark8. After reading in this post about installing an isolation transformer I bought a Tripp Lite IS250 Isolation Transformer from Amazon. I deliberately left the fault on the fence and plugged the Mark8 into the transformer. The GFCI did not trip but the display on the charger read "0.0". After fixing the fence the charger again read a normal 11 to 12 thousand volts. I have not had any problem with the Mark8 since. [/QUOTE]
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