How To Fix A GFCI That Is Not Working
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- In this video I will show you how to figure out why a GFCI is showing hot but it is not working. It is an easy fix and will not require an electrician. Make sure you turn off the power coming into the GFCI and the rest is history.
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Great video. Easy to understand and showing everything helped me. I'm not an electrician so I am looking for help with a gfi that went out.
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Thank you very much! I had the same issue today! I installed a GFCI outlet, and it wasn't working - exact symptoms (voltage tester confirmed voltage but wouldn't reset). Blamed it on the product until I saw your video. It was very helpful - the way you explained and fixed it. Kudos. Thanks again!
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Great video. I had the wires backwards and didn't read the tape instructions. Saved me.
Thank you for the video. I did not have have the same problem but, your explanation helped me figure out the problem, I hooked the power to the load instead of the line.
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Thank you, worked for me, fixed 3 outlets at once, now I'm the hero 😎
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Thank you for thr tip. I had the same problem, but it was after I had changed the GFCI, I have poor eyesight, but I was careful to keep the wires arranged on the new GFCI the same as the old one. My house was built in 1990 and Leviton 15Amp GFCI had Line on the bottom, but the new Leviton 15Amp GFCI has Line wires on top. After switching Line & Load wires it worked properly. Thank you again.
That's great you got it fixed. I appreciate you watching and commenting ☺
Appreciate the explanation. Should have done right the first time. Anyhow as a”hack-DIY” homeowner electrician I have both tools to keep me out of trouble. Thanks - Jim
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Just another of your helpful videos. I'm not an electrician, but needed this to troubleshoot a non functioning outlet this weekend. I'll apply what you just taught us. Thank you sir!
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I REALLY like how you explained the line and load connectors on the outlet, so many people just bypassing that information and just continue on the video. thanks Jim
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What a great help … thanks
I bought new Gfci and the load was on botto m part compared to existing one … I replaced wires exactly as original ,, but your video told me about load and the load on new one was on botttom … so I just switched wires
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I just had a GFCI turn bad in our kitchen. I will attempt to replace it tomorrow. Thank you for your UA-cam video that made it simple for me to do. My first time to work on electrical in our house and will be extremely careful.
Awesome let me know how it turns out. Turn off the power just to be on the safe side for sure
@@MountaineerOutdoors, thank you so much for the UA-cam video. Followed your suggestions and precautions step-by-step and told my son to remember the “load” and the “line”. It worked!!! Also have both handy tools just in case I have to replace another one. Saved me so much money for not calling an electrician to replace it.
Awesome and your so welcome
Thanks! Tremendous help!
Thank you so much you saved me a bunch of money to bring in an electrician.
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I really like how you explain things. How many loads can be on a Gfci outlet? I have a situation where there’s 3 different wires but only 2 load spots. One of the wires go to a bathroom light with a switch. Thank you so much for your help
Great video! I ran into an issue where the light on the GFCI was green, but no power. Was scratching my head, so pulled the old one out of the garbage to give it another look. Realized the Load and Line where opposite on the new one vs. the old (who’d a thought). Switched them and it worked. Just something to take into consideration as well when switching out a GFCI.
Definitely something that I have seen over the years. Great advice and excellent comment. I appreciate you watching and commenting ☺
Beau, I can’t tell you how grateful I am for your comment. I was so stumped until I saw your comment, went back out to the garage and compared my new GFI to the old one. Load and line we’re swapped! Good as new now! Thanks again!
@@MountaineerOutdoors thanks for your excellent video!
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I'm Also having issues ,light is green but no power going thru, what should I do ??
Best explanation I’ve browsed thru
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100% my issue! Works fine now! Thank you
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Very easy to understand that. Thank you 😊
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Your a life saver my friend! Thanks for the video.....
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@@MountaineerOutdoors Thankyou sir 🙏
Always learn something on these vids. Thanks Mike!
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Thank you for your helpfulness. Great video
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THANK YOU! Our (new to us) home is only 5 years old and the GFCI on our deck never worked. Had the exact problem you described; line to load. Switched to Line to line and it worked. How can electricians get this wrong is beyond me.
I agree but it's common mistake, I've don't it before, I always double check every receptacle and gfci before leaving the job so this is never the issue though. I am glad that you fixed yours. Thanks for watching and commenting ☺
Great video on an easy fix!
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Informative video, thank you!!
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Thank you so much!!! I was about to go to Home Depot to return the new one I just bought!!
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Nice video I learn a lot from watching it.
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I tried for 6 hours to install a GFCI and couldn’t get it to work. I watched your video and switched the wires from load to line and got it working in 5 minutes. Thank you
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I’m 16yrs old and enjoy this, your my favorite person to watch on UA-cam. Lol
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Excellent video! Thank you.
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A freaking hero. Thank you.
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Thank you that was the problem as I bought new GFCI and I connected to the out
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Excellent video same as usual.
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I'm having a similar issue, but i have more wires (6 total) so lost. Maybe you have another video with more wires included. This was a great basis of info
I don't unfortunately did you get your problem fixed
I have 4 wires plus a ground. I put the 2 black wires to the gold screws , and 2 white wires to the silver screws, and the ground to the green screw. It beeps but it doesn't reset. No click. Help
Thanks
Great video, thank you for it. I just have one problem on my end that I can't figure out.
I followed exactly what you did. The GFCI is getting power, and the test/reset buttons work as they are supposed to. I plug things in, but they still don't work. Any idea what is going on? Could the outlet really be bad? It isn't new, and it worked two days ago just fine. I was replacing old cloth wiring in the house and thats the whole reason I even removed the thing.
My honest guess is that it's bad gfci.
4:35 do you have to have the ground hooked up right in order for the gfci to trip when using the trip tester bottom? My new GFIC tester trip doesn’t work on mines .
Sounds like you don't have it hooked up right or there is no ground back to the panel
Thanks! Problem with mine was the neutrals we’re backwards. Line black in correct, load black out correct. The two whites didn’t matter before (non gfci) but when it didn’t work I flipped them and bingo.
Yep easy mistake, easy fix. Thanks for the comment and watching ☺
My GFCI was outlet was not working until I plugged the tester in an outlet down the chain. Then it started to work, it was really weird.
You done good, but one tip is that you should always tighten the other terminal screws even though your not using them
I agree with you. I need to always do that from here on out and teach that again. I appreciate you watching and the tips. Have a great day ☺
Remember being on a job site with pump being use in a cement tank well the area flooded around tank and pump was hook up to GFI was in the water when I went to check pump thank God I didn't step in water cause I m sure the gfi load trip but the line coming in was still live . Sitting in the water you think it would trip the breaker but it didn't.
Yep that's definitely can be a scary thing. Glad you were safe too
Never be too confident with those non-contact voltage detectors! Be cautious especially of false negatives!!
Both my black on the gfi are lighting up with the tick tracker but both white wires are not?
I have a Gfci and I want to put a dimmer switch next to it for and overhead cooking light but can not figure out the wiring configuration , can you help with this?
I am currently working on a similar video which will be out soon keep an eye out for it,
I have a gfci that is in an apartment that was built in 1944. State code says that I have to change from a standard outlet to gfci. the old outlet standard has 2 sets of wires. I marked the top wires so that I could keep them strait and wired in the gfci Top marked wires on top and bottom unmarked wires on the bottom. It doesn't work. I switched the wires around (I don't know which set of wires come from the panel still not working. Any other ideas that I can check? Thank you in advance.
If you have a regular Receptacle 2 prong your replacing with a gfci then both sets stay on the line side. Unless are changing more receptacles down the line.
Thanks ! I just bought one wired it to the book and nothing. I wouldn’t have guessed it was bad out of the box
My motto is anything man made is subject to failure. Thanks for watching and commenting ☺
Same mine is brand new wired correctly still not working smh
Great video, exactly what I was looking for because I have a problem with my outdoor GFIs failing one after another.
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The bottom terminals are for non gfci power to next receptacle down stream correct .?
Only if it's on line of the gfci. The bottom (load) is for gfci beyond the gfci Recep.
I have about 5 outside outlets that "should" be GFCI protected but a home inspector nor I could find the GFCI controlling them. I too a have a 'monkey' as you called it, actually I have the ET310 with the Receiver for locating the connected Circuit Breaker. When using Transmitter (monkey) in the outlet no indicators light in any of the outside locations and all GFCI outlets in the house and garage work properly. Thoughts?
Gfci breaker?
Hi, Is it normal for an GFCI outlet light stay on even though when I hit the TEST button. Please advice. Thanks so much.
I believe if it's tripped, it should be off
If the light on my gfi is on does that mean I have to reset? Sorry if that’s a stupid question. My outlet to my laundry room has no current but the gfi light is on and I don’t know how to fix.
Try to reset it. But yes that's usually the case
I recently had an outdoor GFCI trip during rain and it wouldn't reset (even after I determined how to re-establish power). UA-cam told me to check other GFCI's in the house, and I found a tripped culprit 100 feet away next to an upstairs sink.
1. Does this mean that an electrician had to run special wiring between the two outlets?
(The outdoor outlet was installed 30 years after the house was built, and this incident is when I found out that there was no breaker-box switch for that outlet. Frustrating!)
2. I had a normal outlet on-hand and replaced the GFCI and weatherproofed it. Will it work? Thanx!
I would have definitely put in a gfci it's for your saftey
Great video! In the video you said that the homeowner told you that the outlet was working when the so called electrician had left the night before. It was the next morning when they tried to use it that when they find it wasn't working. I find It is so frustrating when a clients tells me something and You find out that they had told you there is no way it could be possible.There's no way that outlet was working with it wired up like that. I bet you it was the homeowner that had put the GFCI outlet in and they are blamed a electrician so they wouldn't look like the dumb ass for wiring t up wrong.
Totally possible I have seen other jobs exactly like this where the blame was put on others. Thanks for watching and commenting ☺
I have done this in my kitchen. Wired the gfi correctly for line and load since it’s midstream. No matter what I do, it still malfunctions and I lose power downstream. Any ideas?
You may have a wire touching ground somewhere. A nuetral wire,maybe?
New gfi has line and load flip flopped like you said. Caught it after I hooked it all up same as old one. Green light. No power in outlet. Thought maybe I fried it. Because I reversed the load and line and still nothing. Put another one in. I reversed the black wires this time. It's a duplex with 2 black, 2 white, and a ground. I reversed the black, I still get the green light but no power. I test the load coming in at 120 with a multimeter which tells me wires and breaker are still ok. Should I have flip flopped the white wires too? Update. I swapped the white wires too and booya. It resets and works.. Thanks for the video!
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Hello my GFCI plug works but the little Green light does not turn on. Any help or don’t need to worry?
Might have bad green light they are man made. Anything man made is subject to failure.
This video saved my day and now I'm drinking beer and going in the pool. Thanks.
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Can I connect a Switch to a cgfi and how. I have tried to do so but after connecting my line from the Switch before installing the Switch I test the open line and it trips the cgfi immediately but cgfi will reset
I am currently working on a video on this same question...and yes you can
Question. We have a gfci outlet that we installed following what was there before. The outlet worked when tested but my wife hit the test button and now it doesnt work. Cant reset it. And now 2 other outlets arent working. There are 4 wires attached not 2. 2 black on one side and 2 white on the other. I un-installed it and put in a regular outlet and now all 3 outlets work again but no gfci outlet now. Really weird
Might be a bad gfci. Unfortunately it happens alot
I almost called an electrician until I saw your video. I got it to work and now I can go eat and drink a cold one
Awesome thanks for sharing and watching. Have a great day ☺
Question: Does the Test BUTTON on the GFCI push the current to the ground conductor or to the neutral conductor.
Great question here is better answer than I can give.. Btw... Great question... A GFCI outlet tester measures the current from one side of the power source to the other side. If the currents are not the same then some current could be leaking in a dangerous and unsafe way. It is a fast acting circuit breaker that will shut off power if there is a ground fault. The ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) tester is used to reduce the risk of electrical shock generated from outlets by testing the electrical circuitry to see if there is imminent danger. Electrical spikes can cause electrical fires or physical harm, such as skin burns or even the heart to stop.
The GFCI tester measures the current so that you can be protected against the ground fault, which is the most common form of electrical shock. The outlet tester is used to better understand the status of the electrical current in a specific outlet. It works by comparing the amount of current traveling from one end to the other along the circuit conductors. This measurement is used to determine if change or repair is needed to the electrical wires. Uneven current or spikes are not safe and GFCI testers are designed to protect against electrical fires, electrical overheating, or prevent damage to the protective insulation of existing wires.
@@MountaineerOutdoors So, what is the answer. Does the test BUTTON push the
current to the neutral conductor or to the ground conductor?
March 11, 2023 6:30 PM central time my GFI switch will not push, so the two outlets affected will not work. After 25 years this has never happened on the switch before. I’ve checked the breaker
Sounds like it's time for a new gfci
My gfcinis wires correctly, wires going to the line screw. My tick tester shows power, but the outlet tester does not. Already tried 3 gfci outlets.
First off never trust a tick tracer. Always verify with a meter. You have to make sure that the hot is on the line side.
I have GFIC’s, one 15A and one 20A, both have 4 wires and the green light is on when I turn the power back on. I installed both but can’t get either to trip or reset. I used a lamp in the on position when I turn the panel back on but still can’t get them to work. Hopefully you’re around and can through me a bone.
Sound like to me that you don't have a ground hooked up. It may be hooked up in the boxes where your gfcis are, but maybe not somewhere else. That is providing that you have it all hooked up right.
Same here
My outlet works when the gfi is disconnected from the circuit. I have tried three separate gfi's always with the same result. The monkey tester indicated good wiring with the gfi removed from the circuit. Any idea's?
2 things come to mind 1. Are you sure that you have the nuetrals in the right order? 2 you say it's not working? Do you mean no power?
My kitchen gfci kept tripping. Reset it several times then a rumbling noise and smoke came out of the socket but did not trip it. Haft an hour later red lights started blinking. I pushed the reset button now kitchen area has no power and reset button won’t reset anymore. Any thoughts?
Definitely sounds like a bad gfci
My parents just got a brand new GFCI and the blender works when it’s plugged in but the microwave doesn’t what do you think it’s a problem
Sounds like a bad microwave
If you are installing a GFCI outlet and have two hot and two neutral wires coming out of the box, how do you know which ones are for line and which ones are for load?
Only one set of the wires will be hot at once. The hot side is the line the load is the ones that are not hot
You will need to get a circuit finding pen (about $20) and test which black wire is hot (a multimeter will work as well). The neutral that comes out of the cable sheathing with that black wire is the "line."
God bless!
Thank you, you as well
15+ year old GFI 15A , Power just goes off, but DOESNT trip the GFI. No one has touched this outlet for over 15 years and it always worked before. If all lines are installed properly, would this need to be replaced to fix? What is the life of a GFI outlet (bathroom, used every day)?
Well it's man made so it's definitely subject to failure. The life expectancy could be 1 day or 100 years it's just one of those things. I'd say that it's probably at its end of the life of it.
What are the odds that 2 GFIs are defective right out of the package? I am installing (DIY) a GFI with 6 outlets (dry location) circuit. All connections properly made. Line from subpanel to GFI line side of outlet, Load to remaining outlets. Power from house to subpanel in a shed, separate from the house., 6/3 wire supply is good w/ voltage. Power from subpanel 20A CB to Eaton 20A TRWSGF20 is good w/ voltage. Yet after wires connected, GFI outlet secured to box, neither the test nor the reset buttons function. Note: I have the exact same set up, GFI outlet with several downstream outlets, and it works as designed.
Any suggestions to the defective GFI outlet?
Are you sure that your ground is in tact from the house? And being defective it sure can happen its man made
@@MountaineerOutdoors Thanks. Got it figured out. All is well now.
And my motorhome there are two black wires and two white wires, and I'm thinking it's possible with this wiring the black is the neutral and the white is the hot maybe?
Black wires are and should be always hot white should always be nuetral. However I wouldn't assume that use a meter and see what is what.
I put the red probe of my multimeter to the black wire plugged into the hot side in the line slot. It reads 12, but if I put the black probe on the white wire in the ground side of the line in slot at the same time they seem to cancel each other out and go to zero. I hate electrical It should be so easy everything's color coded but it's always a dad gum situation... I guess maybe I'm just a lucky girl who waited an extra day for delivery and they sent me a faulty GFCI?
Are you sure that your beaker is on? You should read 120 ish between black and white
One more question this is for your gfci right? Not a 12 volt system like a light? In the motor home
Hi! I have this problem but I check all the wires and it seems right and it’s feeding another outlet from the line out.
There is power supply but the GFCI not working any ideas ?
Make sure that your nuetrals are correct. It is highly possible that your gfci is bad
@@MountaineerOutdoors I have try few different gfi still not working
So is the gfi working but not tripping?
@@MountaineerOutdoors not it’s not working no power from receptacle there is outlet next to it no power as well I guess the gfi feeding that one.
I am replacing all outlets in my house I’ll keep doing that maybe one of them have some loose wire hopefully it will work, if not probably need to call electrician
Do a demonstration on how to connect/ Wire a double pole switch to a load.
Are you talking about double pole double throw switch? Or a disconnect switch?
@@MountaineerOutdoors double pole Switch sir.
I'll see what I can do. Good idea
@@MountaineerOutdoors Respect Sir. Keep up the good work these videos help me a lot.
So glad to hear that. Thanks for the comment and watching ☺
If the plates to go over the gfci outlet is loose will that cause no power? We had a backsplash installed in our kitchen now they aren’t working
No maybe one of the wires came off??
Hmmm I’ll have to check it because the contractor advised he only removed the plates
If you had a backslash installed he would have had to move the gfcis out of the old one and moved them into the new one
@@MountaineerOutdoors There wasn’t an old backsplash. I am going to check it when I get home
@@MountaineerOutdoors He only cut around it, but turns out one of the wires was loose from him removing the plates. I appreciate your help ❤️
I juat bought a new gfci. The wire is hot and screwed in but not hot in the plug itself. Any thoughts on that?
How did you check it with the actual meter?
@MountaineerOutdoors I had the hot meter but actually found the issue after the comment. I didn't know the difference between the load and line portion of the plugs. Now it's all good. Thank you tho!
Good deal. Glad you got it fixed.
Whats the difrence betweena 3 way switch wiring wise?
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@@MountaineerOutdoors my bad the question was how do you wire a outlet thats a 3 way
So to clarify, you mean a receptacle being controlled by a 3 way?
What if both wires are on the taped side ?
So we have a GFI in kitchen, green lights on, the hot, the neutral and the ground are wired correctly into the load screws. The line out supplies power to its designated toggle. The problem is, the GFCI outlets don’t provide any power to items plugged in to them. Any ideas??
Wow that's weird. Did they ever work? Maybe it's a bad gfci?
@@MountaineerOutdoors its a new GFI, it may be a bad one. picked up another and am going to replace the 'old' new one.
How did it go??
our gfci works about two months after we replaced it but yesterday it stopped working and won't even let us reset. we thought the gfci went bad but after we replaced it it's still not working. do you have an idea what the problem is?
Did you hook it up to the line side?
@@MountaineerOutdoors we already figured it out using the tool your using. it was one of the overhead light bulb in garage caused it. thank you
Good deal. Happy New Year
@@MountaineerOutdoors Happy New Year
hi there I have a GFCI outlet in my old fifth wheel bathroom end it also has a light switch next to it which powers the four or five lightbulbs above the mirror now when I plug in some thing that doesn't take much power into that plug in power is it like a work light but when I plug in a shop vac it doesn't power enough very low power barely gets it running also if I have something plugged into it and then flip the light switch on it will shut off power to that outlet and one more thing the outlets down the trailer on the same side it if I plug something into them in power it on it will make the lights above the mirrorGo on and off slowly without the switch being turned on any ideas? I'm thinking I'm going to replace that outlet and see if that makes a difference
I'm gonna guess maybe you have a loose connection. Did you take it apart and see if you had a wire broken or loose?
@@MountaineerOutdoors i did ! i took it apart and im not sure if it was broken or if it broke when i took the oulet out but it was the bottom right white wire but the outlet was and still is upside down. so top left white / positive i believe hah. still learning outlets. but it does the exact same thing with the nrw GFCI outiet and wired just as it was. whites on the one side blacks on the other and the groud. it looks like it all was original tight wiring and original looking outlet. im not sure what to check next. the outlets on the other side of rv work normal. your thinking loose connection somewhere? ill have ti go through more. could the switch have anything to do with it ? thanks for responding.
It very well could be the switch. If it's just one side it definitely could be a loose wire do you have full voltage at the receptacle 120?
@@MountaineerOutdoors more insight to it is that on this same side of the fifth wheel in the closet. a outlet was missing. wires capped off and down the line from there the outlet inside by the door had no power along with the one on the outside of the trailer. i figured out the putting a oulet in the closet connected and shot power down the line to those outlets that now work but cause the lights above the mirror in the bathroom to buzz on and iff when using them haha very creepy so i took mote of a look and the outlet wires connections behind the closet are wire nutted and taped. seems original. i gave a quick look to see if connections are good. but not detailed. i bettrr check them more closely. the switch in the bathroom and the outlet are in the wall and tight and just go to the main white outlet loom and looks original any ideas or questions appreciated ! i need to get this taken care of i spent awhile putting that new outlet and same thing. was a pain. very tight in the corner under the mirror.
@@MountaineerOutdoors i havnt checked the voltage. the outlet will power a light or something small power but a shop vac it barely gets going and turns the lights on above i believe. also when the switch is turned on it powers off power to the outlet. i will pull the switch next and replace it with another and check the wiring which looked tight other then that i will get my multi meter out and check the voltage next