curling irons and hair dryers,bad gfi??
Nick25
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I’ve recently finished a remodel on my house. The bathroom upstairs is wired with my bedroom, should my bathroom be on it’s own circuit? Reason I ask is I have a gfi in the b.r that keeps tripping (only when my wife is using the curling iron and the blow drier at the same time) Recently the plug will not reset. Should I replace plug and advise the wife not to use these two items at the same time again. Was it just a bad plug? Should I consider running seperat line. All that is on this line is 4 lights and 5 plugs. One plug has an alarm clock, and another is a curling iron and a hair dryer. Does anyone have a good link for istalling the transformer for a doorbell???
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Sounds like your tasks are all over the map.
I have had the contacts in a doorbell trip GFI's. Granted, the wiring in that house was quite a mess, and I am not certain that the doorbell was the only problem... it just may have been the 'straw that broke the camels' back.'
I would not be surprised that the GFI was operating correctly, and that there is a problem with one, or both, of the appliances. Let's see ... wet hair, electricity close to the head ... I'm not sure I'd want to take any chances.
Hair dryers and curling irons are cheap. Perhaps a replacement is in order.
should my bathroom be on it's own circuit?
Ideally and on a 20 amp circuit
Should I replace plug and advise the wife not to use these two items at the same time again
Sounds reasonable don't you think ;)?
Most importantly figure out the wattage the hairdryer is pulling and the wattage the curling iron is pulling. Most of the hair dryers today pull around 1850 watts, which will likely overload a 120v 15 amp cirucit.
I'm not an expert on this so I'd suggest checking my advice against a real electrian.
Replace the wife.
Then you won't have to worry about the curling iron and hair dryer tripping the GFCI.
Unless, of course, you use those things.
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I agree that the problem is that she's using both appliances at the same time.
"I agree that the problem is that she's using both appliances at the same time."Why.A GFCI is not sensitive to the amount of current. Only any unbalance between the hot and neutral.