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New master bedroom above garage. New ele. panel put in & 2of 6 breakers are GFI's. They both trip with load?

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The two GFI breakers installed both trip when a we plug something in, but the other breakers are fine. Without anything pluged in the GFI linked plugs both show they are wired correctly with the GFI plug. Any info

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  1. GFI Breakers are not supposed to share a neutral wire.

    If both trip this may be the case.

    Call that electrician back.


  2. The problem is most likely  with the items you're plugging in. They obviously have leakage to ground. That's what the GFI breakers are designed to detect and the reason they're tripping. There are some things which should not be used with GFI's, such as fridges, window AC's or anything else which has a compressor.



  3. Sounds like the neutrals & lives are crossed between circuits.

    Can you turn JUST one circuit on and have it operate correctly? Try both on their own.

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