[TenTec] GFCI problem when running high power

[gsanderlin at charter.net]

John;

It sounds like your ground wire is a bit too long.  I think MFJ makes a ground wire turner that might help reduce your problem.  I had a 1 watt 2 meter rig that would trip off the GFCI from the other room, back in the early eighties.

Take care

Gary



---- John K Gotwals <john at gotwals.com> wrote: 
> I am using an Orion to drive my Drake L-4B, and I operate mostly on 40 
> meters. My antenna is a 110 feet long dipole, center-fed with open-wire feed 
> line, and elevated about 30 feet with the support for one end attached to 
> the house chimney. My shack is in a 2nd floor bedroom, and the circuit 
> breaker panel is located in the basement at the opposite end of the house. 
> The house has a brick exterior, and one end of the antenna is only a few 
> feet from the shack.
> 
> When I operate high power on 40 meters, a GFCI equipped circuit breaker, 
> which is located in the house circuit breaker panel, moves to the open 
> position. None of my station equipment is attached to this breaker; this 
> particular breaker powers four outlets in the garage and two outlets on the 
> house exterior. None of these outlets are normally in use. Is it possible 
> (or even desirable) to install one or more bypass capacitors inside the 
> breaker panel, and immediately adjacent to, the ground-fault circuit 
> interrupter? If so, what type of capacitor is recommended?
> 
> John, N9JG 
> 
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