A couple of weeks ago I plugged a one outlet surge protector into a GFI outlet (well actually the next outlet adjacent to the GFI outlet; I think they are all wired in one series) in my garage and then I plugged in the transformer (plug) from my sprinkler controller (timer) into this surge protector. I noticed when I did this, the manual operation for my sprinkler no longer worked correctly and not sure what to do next, I removed the surge protector and plugged the transformer back into the same outlet and all was well again. If you need details about the brands involved I can get them later but does the GFI outlet have anything to do with the surge protector making the sprinkler controller not work correctly? In other words, if I did the same thing but dealt with a regular outlet, would I get the same result? To my knowledge, the gfi outlet, surge protector and sprinkler controller work fine individually. Sorry if I'm vague here but it was a couple of weeks ago and I was at a loss what to do next then. Today I mentioned this to a hardware employee and he seem to think it had to do with the GFI but I don't know if he is correct so before I go to more trouble running an extension cord to a regular outlet and try it all over again, I'd like to hear what the consensus of opinion is here.
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11 years ago