Help Needed.....Radion Xr30 Pros tripping GFCI breaker

[Honks69]

I am in the process of setting up my new tank. I have six forth gen XR30w pros and overnight i keep tripping my GFCI

I have dedicated outlets ran just for my tank and all i have plugged in are the six Radions and four MP60 Qqs. The breaker is a 20amp so even if i had all of these running at 100% i am no where close to overloading the circuit

My home is brand new with all new wiring but i already had the electrician come back out to look at the wiring and they confirmed its wired correctly yet this keeps happening.

All of my equipment was all purchased late last year but never opened until a few weeks ago so they are basically brand new

Does anyone have a suggestion of what i could try?

Thanks in advance

 

[Member No. 1]

Try unplugging a different device each night to see if it still trips or is isolated to one particular device

Process of elimination.

 

[mfinn]

Did the electrician manage to duplicate the event that tripped the circuit?

Did the electrician replace the gfci outlet?
I would have done that myself before evn calling the electrician back.

 

[Honks69]

Try unplugging a different device each night to see if it still trips or is isolated to one particular device

Process of elimination.

thats what i tried last night and i only kept one light plugged in and it didnt trip

tonight ill try two and go from there

Thanks for the reply

 

[Honks69]

Did the electrician manage to duplicate the event that tripped the circuit?

Did the electrician replace the gfci outlet?
I would have done that myself before evn calling the electrician back.

they pulled the breaker out and swapped it.

The GFCI is in the breaker on on the outlet

We literately just finished building this house a month ago so i wanted them to make sure they did it right

They are blaming the equipment because thye plugged a circular saw into the outlet and ran it and nothing tripped.

last night i ran just one radion and it made it all night so maybe it is just one thats messing up

 

[Member No. 1]

thats what i tried last night and i only kept one light plugged in and it didnt trip

tonight ill try two and go from there

Thanks for the reply

Well that's a good start.

But instead of plugging in 2 lights, continue on to light #2 by itself, then the next night light #3. If after that it doesn't trip, then you can try plugging in 2 light per night, then on to 3.
You want to eliminate the lights. If you plug 2 in right away and it doesn't trip, you go to 3 and it does trip, you won't know which of the last 2 lights you tried was the problem, and you'll be back at square one.

 

[Honks69]

Well that's a good start.

But instead of plugging in 2 lights, continue on to light #2 by itself, then the next night light #3. If after that it doesn't trip, then you can try plugging in 2 light per night, then on to 3.
You want to eliminate the lights. If you plug 2 in right away and it doesn't trip, you go to 3 and it does trip, you won't know which of the last 2 lights you tried was the problem, and you'll be back at square one.

good idea

Thanks

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

I never had good luck with GFCI circuit breakers (particularly Square D), I use GFCI outlets at the beginning of each run, makes things easier. If the electrician ruled out the the circuit breaker, and all you have are power supplies plugged into the circuit it will be easy to find the culprit.

I personally wouldn't put any of what you described on a GFCI unless you're at risk of completing the circuit while having a part of you in the water. It just makes for a bad day when that circuit trips while you're away.