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Help with Equitech 1.5Q power conditioner

Hello all. My Equitech GFCI plug on the back keeps popping when I turn on the switches Equitech switches. Am I overloading the unit or is there an issue with the GFCI plug. It worked for a while but was always super easy to trip. I only have my Amp, preamp, TV, and speakers plugged into it. Any help would be appreciated. I am in in San Francisco bay area, are there recommendations to any place I can take to to get it looked at? With it tripping so much would replacing the gfci plug with a new one help (wonder if the current one is worn out?). It is out of warranty and I do not have the box it came in to ship. Thanks!

califortini

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califortini OP
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@jea48 my bad the link has the incorrect image. I'll add mine. The top left is the receptacle that has the reset button. The only devices are the TV, 2 speakers, preamp and amp are all that are plugged into the 1.5Q. none of which are plugged into the gfci plug - those are all plugged into the regular outlets on the back

califortini OP
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Thanks everyone for your comments. I just received a new outlet and will look at installing it over the weekend. I’ll post results here, or any testing I end up doing to track it down. For the few questions above, I do not plug anything into it - it faults when I power on the other devices. this is a stock image of the back. Great (or not so great) to hear others experienced the same thing but able to fix.

link to back

califortini OP
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thanks for all the tips... a lot go well beyond my ski’s. I’ll tinker this weekend - I thought the outlet would be a quick swap but looks like I have to take the whole chassis apart.

Interesting enough, I have everything plugged in a furman surge protector power strip and nothing has tripped. So hope it is just a faulty gfci outlet.

I don’t have any meters or other devices to measure current and if I did it would be all Greek to me.

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