HELP! GFCI TRIPPING! NEED HELP ASAP!

Hey guys, I have had a 1000w light on a GFCI outlet for over 6 months, today i unplugged it and put a timer on and tried to turn it back on immediately. To my amazement it kept shutting off, the GFCI upstairs was triggering and can't start the light up. I already tried another outlet and it does the same thing. ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS? I need help ASAP, I haven't added anything to any outlets. I plugged in a vacuum cleaner and it works fine?

Timers fucked obviously. If that's the only thing you've changed. And the outlet works without the timer plugged into it....seems fairly straightforward.

^^bingo i would agree

Durp, sorry I tried that too.

change the gfci out for a standard socket its like a buck mean while use it without a timer and change it this weekend

what else is plugged in?? maybe that little extra amps drawn trips the breaker try unplugging something on the circuit

Only thing on the circuit is the light. It starts for about 30 seconds then shuts off. At first it was like 1 seconds.

what happens if you plug the light in without timer will it stay on

No, same thing :/

DABINsinceDABINbeenDABIN said:

No, same thing :/

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would plug it into the gfci directly to see if it blows ..if not then do it with the timer..still good then go to the next outlet on that line and keep going to see to what point you are good to till it pops..when it does you know the problem is between that outlet and the last one..and take to form there maybe run a cord to the last one where it didn't pop

Does the light flicker or turn on for just a second then shut off...does it stay on for the exact period of time before it shuts off..?

maybe it is the bulb

also when the timer shuts off at night the gfci is always gonna trip so your gonna have to reset it every time just so you know

Sounds like the bulb or w.e the bulb is attached to

so thats first thing need to attend and then don't forget what i said about gfci switch when you fix that about the switch always tripping bc when the timer shits off the gfci is gonna think a short happened and will need to be reset ..atleast that happened to me when i used a gfci extension cord ..had me bugging till i figured it out ..well good luck

Bulbs a few weeks old(and a good one) I have one 600w running cause that's all I have left atm.. I'm going to replace the outlet when the lights shut off at 9:30with a none gfci rated one. I hope that works.

I should mention the 600w is hooked up to a different breaker so it's not that. A none gfci one.

GFI's go bad too...

Yup, the GFCI outlet needed to be replaced. And the timer didn't trigger the new GFCI, I swapped it out last night.
Lights up and working.