trying to get all my ducks in a row before I purchase.
I was reading that a VFD can cause a GFIC to trip.
I have all my 110v electrical circuits protected by upstream GFIC outlets
Mike
You can try… but it probably wont work…
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I am running a pwncnc 220 water cooled with a gfic 220 and it has not tripped. However my Harvey g700 on a different circuit was tripping the gfic every time. I replaced the breaker with a non gfic.
I’m assuming you mean a gfic panel breaker?
As far as I was aware 220v gfic outlets aren’t a thing. I have seen inline components as well.
220v spindles are only 10a where 110v are 12a. On a 20a 220v circuit that’s 50% and most houses where you’re using 110v are 15a unless specified different or installed seperately, which 12a is 80% of 15a (max rate for motors according to the NEC on a circuit).
Rapidly moving as high as 50% as fast as possible probably isn’t enough to trip it, versus as high as 80% as possible has proven to be.
Can you do it? Sure, but if you’re tripping breakers (gfic or not), your power needs to be upgraded, either a 15a dedicated line or a 20a with only a couple of small things on it.
Chris,
I have three outlets on the same 20 amp circuit.
first in line is GFI and protects the rest.
I’ll just have to remove that GFI and install a regular 20 amp outlet.
My 1F is on a different circuit.
Mine are both panel breakers and each are 20amps, one dedicated to the Harvey DC and the other to the spindle.
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You shouldn’t have any issues with a GFCI breaker and the spindles. People have had all sorts of issues with 110 GFCI outlets, but I can’t recall anyone tripping breakers, even for leakage current.
Mine works fine as well.