Garage Door Opener Keeps Tripping Gfci

The gfib was bought 8 years ago and not used until now.

Garage door opener keeps tripping gfci. If you look at the operation and maintenance manual you will see a slightly ominous note in general troubleshooting opener does not run that reads check for a non compatible gfci. The breaker trips as soon as the garage door opener is plugged in. There is a garage door opener gdo plugged into the only outlet downstream from the gfci. It doesn t trip the breaker just the gfci.

I think the op s new garage door opener has a fault tripping the gfi breaker. 10 11 29 12 09 15 pm. I d advise a temporary test using an extension cord plugged into a known different circuit to plug in the garage door opener in to for 2 or 3 days and see if the gfi breaker continues to trip after the opener has been removed from the circuit. If your gfci outlet trips consistently it could be an electric fault resulting from faulty structural wiring.

Opener is about 15 years old but functions perfectly gfib not a receptacle but a breaker that goes into the service panel is new but just recently hooked up. Never gets to the point to where the motor operates. A licensed electrician must replace non compatible gfci s. How does a gfci outlet work.

An electrical outlet connected to the same circuit could also be the source of the problem especially if it was not part of the original wiring of your home. If you gfci keeps tripping that means there is an underlying problem that needs to be addressed immediately.