Fridge tripping GFCI Outlet
Same old deal I have seen for the past 35 years as a service technician.  Not one person referenced the owners manual. Any appliance you purchase that has a compressor will tell you in the owners manual to not plug it into a GFCI receptacle. And this goes beyond compressors to include just about anything with an AC motor. While it is true a lot of refrigerators will run for a while on a GFCI receptacle,  it is inevitable that at some point the internal lubricant will collect enough metal from friction wear that it will charge the lubricant itself and create a natural current leakage to ground, which, surprise, surprise  trips the GFCI. The most common response when you tell someone to read their manual is &quot;I didn't get one&quot;  Uh huh. P.S. all compressors are vapor compressors. If there's no vapor there nothing to compress