GFCI keeps tripping
New champion generator, dual fuel and I'm using propane. The 110 outlet trips after about five minutes with only one thing connected, the refrigerator.
I can reset it and it'll be fine for another 5 minutes or so.
I've tried 25 and 100 foot extension cords. Same result. Both cords are 15 years old. They don't have any obvious cuts and they aren't getting hot or even warm.
Just bought a new extension cord and when I get home I'll try that.
I suspect that I wasn't letting it run long enough before connecting the cord so I will give that 5+ minutes this time.
Is there anything else I could check or do?
EDIT: I've just done some searching here and this is a known issue 😔
is there anything I can do that doesn't involve replacing the GFCI outlet on the generator with a non GFCI outlet?
will it be ok to just keep resetting the circuit? the fridge is 8 years old and I'm not a big fan of it so buying a new one if I destroy this one isn't the end of the world.
also I think it's a 12000w generator, basically the biggest one I could lift.