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Aaron Shea Posted on Mar 24, 2018

I have a LG Dishwasher model LDS4821ST and when it goes into the cleaning mode it trips the gfi breaker.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 17, 2009

SOURCE: It keeps tripping the breakers or the GFI outlet.

try different outlets in another room to see if that dosent help you may have a shortin the cleaner but i think you may be overloading the breaker

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  • Posted on Jan 31, 2009

SOURCE: LG washing machine trips GFI Circuit Breaker

WASHING MACHINES ARE NOT TO BE CONNECTED TO GFI OUTLETS AND TRY TO CONNECT IT TO A CERCIUT THAT IS NOT WITH YOUR DRYER. (REG) OUTLET.

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  • Posted on Feb 01, 2009

SOURCE: My dishwasher keeps tripping the gfi outlet

DISHWASHER SHOULD NOT BE ON A GFI CERCIUT. THATS YOUR PROBLEM . SHOULD BE A DEDICATED CERCIUT BUT IF NOT JUST INSTALL A REG OUTLET DONT WORRY THE DISHWASHER WILL TRIP THE BREAKER IN YOUR PANEL IF THERE IS A SHORT WITH THE WATER.

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Ned C Cook

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  • Posted on May 20, 2009

SOURCE: GFI on cord trips out.

Probable cause is a single pole gfi opposed to a double pole gfi.
* Do not use a single pole GFCI ON A MULTI WIRE CIRCUIT, IT WILL NUISANCE TRIP IMMEDIATELY
Use a two pole GFCI circuit breaker on such circuits.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 30, 2010

SOURCE: LG Washer trips dedicated breaker

That to me seems like an electrical problem. Every now and again you can get a bad GFCI receptacle that will constantly keep tripping. I would also see that the GFCI is properly sized for the circuit. It needs to be a 20 AMP circuit (just dedicated to the washer) and a 20AMP GFCI receptacle. The way to tell is the 1 of the three prongs of the 20AMP GFCI will be in the shape of a "T" while a 15 AMP will have 2 straight prongs and the ground prong. Hope this ws helpful, don't go spilling any money into your washer without getting that fixed first, because it doesn't seem like a washer problem.

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