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Originally Posted by butlerism
Two out back. Two in Front. Three in the garage. One in the garage ceiling..... and ohhhh yes the lamp pole out front.
CODE VIOLATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wake up call. The battery charger for my golf cart just about takes up all the amperage on full charge mode that the primary GFCI can pass thru. Bring ln the rain..... TRIP!!!!
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What code is the above violating? There is no NEC limit on the number or placement of outlets. There is a soft limit of 80% of the expected load, but we're talking outlets here, not definable loads like a fridge. There is no issue co-mingling a lighting fixture branch with an outlet circuit either.
As to tripping a GFCI when there is rain, you've got a compromised outlet somewhere.
To the original poster...
As others have stated, under NEC2017, all outlets in the garage are required to be GFCI. Arc faults are not required in the Garage, so count your blessings.
Modern refrigerators are much better than older ones due to better motors and efficiency, at least when it comes to living on a GFCI protected circuit.
Also as others have stated, I would swap the outlet. They do go bad.
I'm also going to engage in some heresy here, but I had a small freezer(drew about 4 amps) on a AFCI/GFCI combination breaker that would trip once in a while during heavy, wind and rain. It was not the freezer's fault, it was a faulty outdoor light fixture that I ultimately replaced.
When we were away before I isolated the problem, I ran a heavy gauge extension cord to a circuit on a standard breaker, just so that we didn't come back to a freezer full of rotting meat.