Tig welder tripping GFI's
My welder was originally installed within 3 feet of a GFI in my shop..... Ah, don't you agree shop sounds bigger and more professional than 2-car agrage?
The welder tripped the GFI's every time I stepped on the pedal. So, I've spent over a hundred dollars moving the welder to the other side of the gara... ah, I mean shop and everything was happy for a day.
Then I discovered I had the HF switched to "continous" and when I switched it to "start only", the GFI's again trip.
When I moved the thing I added a 14 ga wire from the welder frame to the conduit assuming this additional ground might help.
So, if running the HF on "continous" actually was the reason it didn't trip the GFI's, should I run it that way even for DC welding? Or, should I replace the GFI's with ordinary receptacles and live in fear of the electric code police hunting me down? .... I'll try to remember not to water down the floor and operate electric tools when barefoot.