I have a Dixie Narco coke machine that pops the GFI outlet when you plug it in. It has always been on this GFI outlet with no problem before. We had a lightning stike hit a telephone outside of our building and since then this problem has existed.

I can unplug the compressor from the coke machines power distrubution block and the machine work properly. I can plug the compressor into a seperate outlet and the compressor works fine and cools, but if i plug the compressor into the coke machine it pops the GFI. If I plug the coke machine into one outlet and the compressor into a differant outlet, the outlet I plug the compressor into will pop the GFI !! It sounds to me that the compressor is grounding out on the coke machine causing a short. Can someone help?