GFCI trips when power shuts off

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blkdrgn

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Is the GFCI outlet supposed to trip when I turn off the main circuit breaker? It does the same even if I plug the GFCI into a surge protector.
 
That's normal, I've installed a couple hundred and everyone had to be reset when I turned on the circuit. As soon as the circuit is energized or deenergized there is an imbalance of current between the hot and neutral which causes the gfci to trip.
 
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