ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area 2000 watt movie lamp trips GFCI

"Coming from the one 2000 watt lamp alone you have the 16.6 Amps, With basic ohm's law. let alone what else is on the circuit. It's probably a good chance it is overloaded."

I thought it was a misconception that a GFCI receptacle will trip on overload. I thought it would only trip on ground fault.

I think I will ask him to let me check out the lamp, just to satisfy my curiosity.