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I have a GFI that won't re-set. It's in the garage, but also is linked
to the outlets in one of the bathrooms. Nothing unusual has happened. I was working in the bathroom last night, but nothing today, and it only tripped within the past couple of hours. I press the re-set, and it pushes back against me. Any thoughts, or how I would troubleshoot it? Thanks! |
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... I have a GFI that won't re-set. It's in the garage, but also is linked to the outlets in one of the bathrooms. Nothing unusual has happened. I was working in the bathroom last night, but nothing today, and it only tripped within the past couple of hours. I press the re-set, and it pushes back against me. Any thoughts, or how I would troubleshoot it? Thanks! either a bad GFI, or a ground fault, or a tripped circuit breaker. First make sure circuit breaker is not tripped. Unplug and turn off everything in the bathroom and garage that is on this circuit. Can you reset the GFI now? If not, turn off the power to this circuit and remove the GFI receptacle from the wall in the garage, disconnect the two wires from the "load" side of the GFI. Now turn on the power, can you reset the GFI? If not, you have a bad GFI. Just to be sure, test to make sure there is power going into the GFI. If yes, then something downstream is causing a ground fault. Normally wiring and receptacles are not likely to be the cause unless water got into them. |
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I have seen this before and all the above replies are correct; ground
fault (your ground wire has been broken or power is leaking to ground) but there is one more possibility. Many people plug in power adaptors for various things (shavers, etc.) that have no ground plug. They may leave these adaptors in the outlet all the time. Sometimes the adaptor will still work but inside it has failed and will cause a GFI reset. Try unplugging anything plugged into your bathroom/garage GFI circuit FIRST. Then see if your GFI circuit will hold a reset. Jeff wrote: I have a GFI that won't re-set. It's in the garage, but also is linked to the outlets in one of the bathrooms. Nothing unusual has happened. I was working in the bathroom last night, but nothing today, and it only tripped within the past couple of hours. I press the re-set, and it pushes back against me. Any thoughts, or how I would troubleshoot it? Thanks! |
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