Please send me the GFCI brand in question and the amperage, example 15A or 20A. If you can send me a picture that would be an added bonus!
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SOURCE: I have an electrical circuit in my home that
They put the GFI in line at the front, all the other plugs run off it. One of the other plugs, has lost ground, has lost neutral, a simple plug in tester will tell you this, find the fault, or,, you have a fluorescent bulb plugged into it. The gfi's are very sensitive, they snap at the drop of the barometer.
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SOURCE: Problems with a GFCI outlet (no voltage). GFCI
if your room is powered by one breaker you need only one gfci and it has to be hooked up correctly to protect the other outlets a new gfci will have a tape tag over the out side usually the top set of nuts the water in the panel is a major fire hazard i would fix this problem first your feed to the gfci may have shorted out in the wall between the breaker and the gfci if it is wired separate from the other gfci in that room one thing you can do to save calling an electrician is go to lows home depot or any electrical store and purchase a plug in tester they are inexpensive and easy to use it will tell you if wires are hooked up correctly backwards or if you have a short somewhere in the line this is the same little gadget that an electrical inspector uses to make sure new homes are wired correctly an outlet will still work even if some wires are incorrect in the circuit the outlet tester confirms all is good and safe
Its possible. Have you opened the box to see if the circuit downstream goesTHROUGH the gfci, or is it pig tailed? And 20 amp circuits are not generally used by home builders because 12/2w ground is used, are you sure its 20amp? Even on 20amp circuits, 15 amp sockets are normally used. Its just not a normal circuit because of costs. I would use a tester to check gfci, and pull it to make sure it was wired correctly. Bad wiring happens. I just did a check on a house who had remodel done and the electrician used 14/2w ground on a 20amp circuit and a fire started in the first box on the circuit.
Testimonial: "Thanks for the help. I pulled the GFCI today and replaced it... new one works like a champ! I'm a little let down by the manufacturer. I can't believe it died in under 12 months."
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