As electrical codes changed, electricians found clever ways to meet them and
save money. In your case, If your shower caused the thing to trip, you have
to run down into the garage to reset it. Not very practical. The early
models did false trip often. I'd recommend changing all the outlets in the
affected areas with new Gucci's. Just be sure to pigtail your wires, so
you're not running loads off of the downstream terminals of the receptacles
"jj3000" wrote in message
om...
My 1983 house had only one GFCI receptacle, in the garage.

I first bought 3 more GFCIs to install in the backyard and the
bathroom, but I found that GFCI in the garage is the first receptacle
after a breaker and it is protecting the bath and backyard also (on
the same breaker).

So it seems I don't need to install extra GFCI receptacles. Or is
there still additional benefits to have GFCIs downstream?

Another concern is that the receptacle looks old is there any benefit
to replace it with one that is sold today? It's got no LED status or
anything; but the test button and reset works fine.

My other gripe tho is that it is on the front wall of the garage which
I'll be putting some cabinets over it soon, I guess I will have to cut
a hole incase I need to reset it in the future.