metal-ica
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2019
I have a bead blaster located outside in a covered and "enclosed " area. Think carport.
I've been using an extension cord and decided it's time to run a dedicated circuit and since it's outside it's my understanding it needs to be a gfci receptacle. Problem is it trips the instant I plug the machine into a gfci outlet. It works fine with the standard outlets but trips even before powering on the machine. I know the problem isn't on the gfci side because I've tried it on multiple outlets / circuits. I'm guessing there is a ground fault or something on the machine side of things but it works beautifully with a regular outlet.
Is this an accident waiting to happen or is it ok to run it on a regular outlet even though it's technically outdoors?
I've been using an extension cord and decided it's time to run a dedicated circuit and since it's outside it's my understanding it needs to be a gfci receptacle. Problem is it trips the instant I plug the machine into a gfci outlet. It works fine with the standard outlets but trips even before powering on the machine. I know the problem isn't on the gfci side because I've tried it on multiple outlets / circuits. I'm guessing there is a ground fault or something on the machine side of things but it works beautifully with a regular outlet.
Is this an accident waiting to happen or is it ok to run it on a regular outlet even though it's technically outdoors?