"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"Andrew Chalk"
wrote in message

Is GFCI designed to spontaneously reset? If not,
what is the cause of this?

Thanks!

Sometimes they do that.

Could have even been excessive moisture from the
rains.

Umm, no, they do NOT do that "sometimes" if everything
is installed correctly. Sorry, don't mean to sound
confrontational, but a GFCI tripping is an indication
that something went wrong whether it was water or
whatever that caused it to trip. They don't "just do
that" for no reason. They would be useless in such a
case.

Since this is a new installation, and assuming the user
did nothing to cause the problem, that electrician
needs to check out his work, or possibly an inspector.
It does make sense that it was posibly water getting
in somewhere, but it shouldn't have done so. "They do
that" is an unacceptable resonse from the electrician.
It's quite likely that if you don't call him on it
now, you may well be calling him later, like after he
won't warranty the work any longer due to time.
Even if he says there's nothign he can do, by
submitting a complaint, he's been put on notice so that
when the problem IS aboe to be solved, he'll still be
responsible for doing so.
And actually, if he's worth his salt, there is
something he can do.

HTH,

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