[RFI] GFI Outlets

[Jim Brown]

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:49:40 -0700, Howard Lester wrote:

>I would "attack" the antenna and feedline, not the GFI's.

I wouldn't. 

I can run a KW on 160-10m into wire dipoles and long wires that are 
within 20 ft of several GFI's. When I first fired up the KW, one was 
constantly tripping, and eventually smoked. I replaced it with one 
of the same type and have had no problems since. It's been a while, 
but I think I may have added bypass caps across one or two of them. 

How much difficulty you have will probably depend on the wiring that 
is feeding them, or that is plugged into them. Remember, that wiring 
is a receiving antenna, and must be treated as such. Most, but not 
all, of my power wiring is in grounded steel pipe. The rest of it is 
what we call "BX" -- 2 or 3 wires inside a flexible spiral steel 
sheath. A typical outlet has an appliance with a 6 ft cord plugged 
into it. 

Jim Brown K9YC