Replacing a Faulty GFCI Receptacle
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- Опубліковано 25 бер 2018
- Do you have a GFCI receptacle that does not work anymore? In this video I explain how to test your GFCI receptacle to determine why it isn't working, and how to replace a faulty GFCI receptacle.
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After countless hours of watching other videos. You walked me right through it. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Thank you Terry, the way you explained it was perfect for those of us that are not experts. Problem fixed on this end Thanks to you. (Load and line were reversed...DOH!). Thanks again.
Excellent!
Thanks for this video. I was able to diagnose a faulty GFCI receptacle and replace it myself with the help of your easy-to-follow video.
Thanks for watching April!
Of all the videos I’ve seen this is the first to test for power at the lines to diagnose the gfci as faulty. Thanks for this 👍🏾
Thank-you Jonny!
I got a chuckle out of this in a friendly sort of way. You were a brave man to put everything back together before you tested the finished circuit. You never know when Murphy is going to help.😂
This is my exact problem. I have 3 outlets not working (in my kitchen). I thought I'd have to replace the circuit breaker in the panel, but I followed your same steps and I DO have power to the line side of the GFCI. That's good news. Thanks.
Happy to help out! Thanks for the comment, and I hope that you gave it a 'like', and that you've subscribed to my channel? Have a great day!
Thanks for the video I am an automotive technician and am quite familiar with with DC electrical systems but AC is just a bit different. I had a GFCI outlet that tripped and buzzed after I reset it. I got the smell of something burning/hot, which is quite terrifying to me because I've had an electrical house fire before years ago. The process you described is essentially what I came up with on my own but I feel much better having someone familiar with it explain it, to confirm my thought process. I also decided to replace my existing GFCI with a afci/ GFCI receptacle... I figured I might as well.
Thanks for the comment. Happy to have helped!
This video helped me diagnose and fix the GFCI receptacle problem in my kitchen. Thanks so much!
You're welcome! Happy to help out!
Fantastic video . I'm a current hvac student , just finished two basic electrical classes . Spot on , clear and thoroughly explained. Devil is in the details. Using a legit fluke meter, safely with one hand , confirming power is off , using an insulated screwdriver, marking the " line " side of the hot and neutral. Putting that receptacle nice and even with the face plate screws orientated in the same direction. confirming the proper wiring and function of the gfci with the tester .
I will be subscribing and looking through your other content. I'm sure I will be able to learn a lot .
Thanks
Thanks so much! If you have any questions for clarity, please reach out to my email, terry@electrical-online.com
@@theinternetelectrician thank you ! I will
A simple, yet very thorough, video on how to diagnose and fix a faulty GFCI outlet. Very professional. Great job!
Thanks Ken!
Since so many of these have a problem out of the box, I'd test before mounting the receptacle!
Nice. Simple explanation and straightforward. Appreciate it !
Thanks for watching eric!
Great video. Thanks. Funny another video I watched from someone else they fast forward it through taking the wires off and hooking the wires up. That was dumb of them. It was great that you mentioned the line and the load differences and to Mark the line and the loads. Very important. Also, as someone else commented other people said that when replacing an older model sometimes that lines and loads position on the receptacle and reverse order from top to bottom so you want to read and pay attention to which wires are line and loads when you remove them and where it is marked on the new receptacle line and loads.
Yes, good advice! Thanks for watching!
Thanks, very good on the explanation of the line and load. Older GFCI have the line on the bottom and load on top, new ones are reversed.
Thanks for watching Russell.
Likes your easy to follow instructions, especially safety.
Thanks for watching Uriel!
Thank you, followed these instructions and it worked perfectly 🙏
Excellent!
Thank you so much! Greatly appreciate your professionalism.
Happy to help!
Thanks Terry. I just replaced a couple GFCI in the kitchen.
Thanks for watching White Tiger!
Thank you. This was the best video of this issue I’ve seen 🙌🏽
Thanks for this video, it helped understand on how to install the receptacle. THANKS
Super duper helpful Terry, thank you!!!
Thanks Boomer!
Terry!! You DA MAN!!!! Thank you so much for your step by step video! I successfully replaced the GFCI in our RV and this video helped me! You just gained a subscriber!
Thank you, nicely explained.
Thanks for watching Freeze!
Very useful video. I used the procedure in this video to determine that my GFCI receptacle is indeed defective. This suggests that I can probably DIY the project myself.
Very explicit and helpful. Thanks
Thanks Len!
What a great, to the point video. I’m going to find out if my GFCI is the problem.
Thanks Vanessa!
This video was clear and simple. I followed your instructions word for word and changed out my GCFI receptacle without a hitch and didn’t get electrocuted doing it!! Thank you!!!!
Thanks for watching! I hope that you also subscribed to my channel, and clicked the bell? Much appreciated!
Great video. Simple and easy repair.
Thanks Kevin!
Great explanation of diagnosis and remedy. I may have to replace my electrical box that is very old.
Thanks,detailed explaination and replacement.
Thanks for watching and commenting MA dar!
THANK YOU. VERY EASY TO FOLLOW. JUST SCARED TO DO IT. I WILL SHOW THE VIDEO TO SOMEONE ELSE. GREAT JOB!
Thank-you so much for the kind words! If you need any other help, let me know!
Thanks for the tutorial
Thanks for watching!
Easy to follow instructions.
Great job, thank you!
Thanks Tim!
Just a note, it's always a good idea to remove metal jewelry before working on electrical work. Also don't work with sweaty hands as salt water is a much much better conductor than dry skin. This last one I learned the hard way. :)
Good advice. I always forget to take off my rings for my videos and have been called out on it many times. Also good advice; shut off the power so there’s no chance of a shock at all, regardless of rings, sweat, nuttin!
Thank you, it worked!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks. This will be useful when I buy a house.
Thanks for watching!
I appreciate your well thought out, well explained, and clearly edited video on this :D Other videos on GFCI receptacles were hard to follow.
Thanks so much Ricky!
Very helpful. Thanks!
Thanks for watching Rich!
Thank you so much. You saved me $283.00
exactly the instruction I needed this morning. Couldn't get my Christmas lights to come on. I have the eave of my house hard wired with plugins however I could not get a few to come on. The GFCIs are about 14 years old. So now I know what to do next. Thanks
Same happened to me today!
Need some "hands-on" trouble-shooting for this unfortunately!
Awesome thanks I have the same problem I didn’t know about that line side and load side I have to recheck it because I’m still having it not resetting I have a outlet outside that should some corrosion but when replaced it with a new outlet the GFI inside still won’t reset maybe I have the line and loan wrong I will recheck thanks your info was helpful
Thanks! Just what I needsd
Hi there ,good video .Can fgi get weak and sometimes they trip ? i have a recirculating pump on my bathroom and sometimes i find the gfi tripped , reset it and it works but a couple of days later same thing. thanks
They are very sensitive, so more than a 'weak' device, I would say that the pump has a bit of leakage, maybe when the moisture and / or humidity is high enough to affect the pump is when you get this nuisance tripping?
Terry: nice video. Are there tools that you recommend for the average home owner? Electric multi meters? GFCI tester?
Thanks, Terry. I have a question. You turned off the power break in the first step. Why there is still 120V from the lines coming into the GFCI outlet?
Hi Terry, thank you for your informative video. My question is why my GFCI outlet is not working; it has a solid red LED on. When I plugged a GFCI tester, nothing light up. The Circuit Line is hot when I tested it with a non-contact AC Voltage Detector. I even disconnected the Load line from the outlet. I greatly appreciated for any pieces of advice.
Your GCFI receptacle is faulty/defective and needs to be replaced
@@privateinformation9384 Yup, what you said!
Thank you soo much,wife will be surprised lol.
Happy to help! Thanks for watching! I hope that you also subscribed to my channel, and clicked the bell? Much appreciated!
Thanks Terry!
Thank-you Mike!
UK electrician. We do 5 tests on gfci. 1x current, 5x current both sides of wave curve checking operating time. Then manual trip test. Never seen any testing USA, do you test & record any results. Plus unshielded probes on Fuke tester, taking a chance.
I think I have a bad GFCI in my little RV trailer. I pulled it out of the box but it looks different. It is a sealed box with five wires coming out of it. Green wire for ground, a red (load) wire on the left side, a grey (load) wire on the right side, and a black and white wire coming out of the center. What does each wire do? It is marked as a dual pole.
Perfecto amigo
Muchas gracias mi Amigo!
I find your video helpful! As ive followed instructions exactly as you showed and replaced the gfci the same was as i took out the other one. But this outlet has 3 hot wires, 3 nuetrals, and a ground and it’s getting power but wont trip. Please help.
You have a power feed in, and two feeds out of that box then. What we need to know is what else is being fed from there and what (if any) of the other devices that you want to be GFCI protected.
If a GFCI has a open ground is that safe ?
Terry, gfi outlet trips in garage when sprinkler goes on. 2 separate circuits. Sprinkler on 1 & garage on other. Garage dr opener is on garage circuit. Has been wired this way from when house was new. If u can, please help
or do I need to call a electrician.
Mines trips breaker but turns power on the lower plug. When I press the reset then it trips the breaker??
Took it off and when I press the reset, it sounds like there’s a loose spring noise??
Hmm, sorry I missed this comment from 2 years ago! Did you figure out the problem?
I wish I saw your video first. One thing you should discuss the fact that line side may vary in different receptacles.
Yes, I should have. But the 'line' and 'load' terminals are always identified, and new devices are sold with a bold colored tape covering the 'load' terminals.
@@theinternetelectrician I just bought new gfci outlet yesterday and there was NOT any tape covering the load side terminals.
Great video!! Everything went well for me but my face plate screws don’t lineup like yours. What do I do now? LOL
Fix it! (said the OCD electrician)
If I don’t have the plug 🔌, this GFCI is for my jet tub. Is it enough that test button stops the tub? And reset turns it back on.
You have what we call a faceless GFCI. Yes, if the test and reset work and the pump stops, that's a sufficient test, and is what you're supposed to do on a monthly basis. Keep up the good work! Thanks for watching.
I know this is an old video but I've had to replace the outside GFI recyclable three times in a year ?
The ground wire to the houses breaker box are good also I have three wire Romex in the house and it's hooked up correctly to the GFI and its also underneath roofed in porch with a weatherproof case.......
That’s obviously not normal. It needs some hands-on trouble-shooting. What do you use that receptacle for? Is there something that you’re plugging in to it that causing the problems?
@@theinternetelectrician just some LED Christmas lights and one or two blow ups
The one that was installed lasted 2 years then this year it took a crap for Halloween then the new one took a crap with a Thanksgiving blow up turkey and now I just installed another new one for the Christmas lights.
I recently noticed the gfci in my bathroom was making a faint buzzing noise. Pressing Test stopped it and it wasn't doing it after I reset. First time that's happened. The bathroom tends to get humid. Should I replace it? Is it a fire hazard?
Great video - I have one question. Isn't that a 15 amp GFI that you replaced? Is that ok to put in a 20 amp circuit? Thanks for your help.
Yes it is. The same goes for regular receptacles as long as it is a duplex (2 places to plug in) receptacle. If a single receptacle was used on a 20 amp circuit, then it would have to be a 20 amp receptacle. Single receptacles are primarily used in a dedicated circuit. GFCI's don't come in single version.
I install two new outlets in my welding machine they show a constant red light but they don't work, they also don't reset or nothing, do you know what could it be? I install them the same way they were wired
You need to carefully check that you have the line and load pairs wired correctly, and make certain that you didn't switch the neutrals so they aren't with the correct hot wire, line or load. This is a frequent mistake that we all have made at one time or another!
I have two GFI's that went out for 2 upstairs bathrooms, is that normal that if one GFI goes out that the other one will go out also? The bathrooms were built back to back to each other so I'm guessing they share the same wiring somehow?
Hey Terry, I have a pellet grill that keeps tripping my garage GFCI. The troubleshooting resource said old GFCIs have a "nuisance trip". Is this true? Could it be a sign the outlet is failing? I know it could be a number of things, I don't think I have anything else drawing a load on that circuit, but I'm still double checking. Thanks for the help!
Nuisance tripping is a "thing" for sure. But more likely that there is a fault in the pellet grill and whatever is the electrical component of it. Run an extension cord to another GFCI protected outlet and see if it trips it as well? If not, faulty outlet. If so, faulty component.
@@theinternetelectrician Thanks!
After 8 years I had to replace my GFCI as it wasn't working. I only had B & W Lines wires coming in and no lLOAD going out. Simple fix. But the green proof light does not glow on the receptacle. I tested the outlet with a Klein brand receptacle tester and got two orange lights to glow proving all is correct. So why doesn't the green proof light glow on the receptacle? THUMBS UP!!!
Need to read the instructions to the receptacle. They all operate differently and the lights mean different things on different brands. (Yes, it's a pain - they aren't standardized).
What does it mean if the load terminals are also showing power? (Same as the line)
It means no problem. The line power comes in, gets processed, if good it powers the outlet, if bad it wont power anything.
Or maybe the line and load are reversed. Sometimes you have to take wires off the receptical and making sure they are not touching, turn the breaker back on and measure AC V to see which is line (live with 120v). The one without AC V is the load. I wish i knew where to get those lables he showed.
My GFIC tripped today for the first time in
years. The only things on it are some outlets and an outdoor light. My Washing
machine is plugged into one outlet. It is the outdoor light that is tripping
it. When I turn the light switch off the GIFC doesn’t turn off. I checked
everything from the light switch to the light bulb. All connections are good
and there is no moisture. What now?
Sorry so late getting back to you on this. Did you figure out what the problem was?
Had a GFCI also trip on my garage, has 2 standard outlets linked. When removed the in LINE had 2 black wires and the back was melted. Checked the LOAD voltage and read 158.9. Advice?
Call a plumber lol. Im no electrician but saw your comment. I would pull all the outlets in the house and make sure they are wired properly.
You can also measure voltage without pulling the receptacle out. If you measure 120ish you can assume they are wired right and move on to the next. Once they are all wired right go back and check to see if your 158 is corrected.
You found the problem post us your solution.
@@BWeezy-sw1wy called a electrician, he was messing with it for two hours , He said " I can NOT find any reason as to why the GFCI should not have worked" besides adding a new breaker and starting from scratch, that was a 1400$ quote or leave the standard outlet and pay labor $200.
Thanks for posting this video, but how can you identify which is line, power, daisy chain?
You have to do the testing with the wires all apart and off of the device. There's no simple way. If the device was installed correctly you just check what terminal pairs the wires on and make note of that and replace the same.
God bless you for always saving me $250!!!! My breaker was replaced but trips as well as no test/reset. Thoughts?
My gfci outlet in my bathroom makes a faint crackling-like noise and is a bit warm, what do you recommend I do?
Check your connections for tightness and that its wired correctly. If that's not it, replace it!
I have a question I was having a problem with the low-voltage turn out to be a powerline outside. My house was damaged and the power company replaced. today I discovered in my room, my ceiling, fan and light work the switch to the bathroom also works but the closet light and for outlets do not come on
I discovered a GFI switch, and when I press the reset button. It pops out immediately can Bad GFI switch. Really create no power to four outlets and a closet light
Hi Richard. Yes, a GFCI can go bad and need replacing. in all likelihood, whoever wired that circuit connected those outlets to the 'load' side of that GFCI outlet and that's why they are out. This could be corrected. When you change out the GFCI receptacle, you could pigtail the incoming feed and outgoing feeds to the 'line' side of the GFCI and not use the 'load' terminals. If you're not comfortable with doing this, hire an electrician to come take care of it for you. As always, safety first, and make certain the power is off if you take on this project yourself.
my patio recepticle is loose(moisture could have entered the box) so I will see if it works but my main issue is neither the bath or kitchen gfi recepticle will not click if I press either the test or reset button like above and both the indoor gfi outlets however they will both light up a lamp for me, when press the top button (red-reset) on the gfi, the lamp goes out and when I release pressure on the top (red-reset) button the lamp gets power again and relights. So I hope its as simple as replacing the cfi's. They are probably 30 yrs old.
and I will recaulk around the outside patio outside outlet if everything works ok out there to protect from moisture
Hello, just replaced a 20yr Gfci in garage. A little green light appears when I hook it up ,but it provides no power,or tripping ability. Thought i hooked up black wire as hot and white a gnds. Is it possible that the hot wires were hooked up incorrect.any input appreciated
Some receptacles have their line terminals on the top and some are on the bottom. Even Leviton has reversed the locations over the years so you have to read the markings carefully when replacing old gfci receptacles and you may have to reverse the wires coming out of the box to match up the line to the line terminals on the new receptacle.
When you unscrewed the 2 neutral lines why didn’t you remove the second neutral line from the screw? And at 5:08 cant tell how to put the wire in is the screw go THROUGH the wire? (your hand is in the way)
He didn't remove the wire because it was only a demonstration of what needed to be done in order to fix this type of problems. He never replaced the existing outlet, but he showed the steps needed to do so.
Great video! Will a faulty GFCI outlet still work but cause other receptacles to not work?
Will it?
I would doubt it, but I've seen stranger things. I would have to do some "hands on" troubleshooting on this to be sure.
@@theinternetelectrician when my garage gfci trips, all the outlets behind it go down. I assuming the electrician who wire my garage put them in series instead of parallel.
What if you have one cable for load hot (black) and one neutral (white) will the gfi work. Also should test n reset buttons work before installing. The outlet itself is blocking the ability to plug anything in.
I have 1900’s home that has circuits ungrounded. I replaced the beginning of the circuit with a new gfci outlet.
One that has 4 wires 2B 2W I tested and the B and W one that had power I put to the line. The B and W that tested nothing to the load to continue the circuit. No ground wire available.
The gfci outlet indicates red. It’s getting power, but plugging in something it won’t work. The next outlet on the same circuit does work. The reset nor test work. Solid red indicator light.
I feel I’ve hooked it up correctly. Lost on what to try other than another gfci.
Have you verified that you don't have a hot - neutral reverse on either the line or the load? You'll have to find an alternate ground reference to check this due to the fact that you have no grounding conductor. Use a copper water line if you can for a reference point and see if your black wire is really the hot wire or not.
Hi and thank you for the video. I changed out our GFCI receptacle but it's not passing power through it still but power is going to it. What could be tripping it and how would we find out?
Not sure? Did you ensure your "line" and " load" terminals have the correct cable sets going to them? And that you didn't cross the neutral wires? Both neutral and hot supply must connect to the line, and same for the load.
@@theinternetelectrician Thank you Very much ! I just did a quick look see and yeah. I put the load on the line and etc. You saved me brother!
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Some receptacles have their line terminals on the top and some are on the bottom. Even Leviton has reversed the locations over the years so you have to read the markings carefully when replacing old gfci receptacles and you may have to reverse the wires coming out of the box to match up the line to the line terminals on the new receptacle.
@@HeyNylo yea, I tried doing the old copy and paste method from the old receptacle and yea, they weren't the same.
What if I have power to both gfci recepticle and the other kitchen receptacles, but when I use my gfci tester it doesnt trip the gfci recepticle?
Replace it
I have 2 gfci's on the same circuit.both have stopped working and reset buttons do not work and no circuit breakers are out.I checked the outlets and they both say open hot.
probably a loose line wire on upstream receptacle
You need to open up those outlets and look for the problem. Safety first, shut off the power. You will likely find a poor termination on one of the receptacles.
Terry, It looks like the gfci is 15 amp.on 20 amp circuit.Why is that?
GFCI receptacles are duplex types (2 receptacles in one device), so a 15 A GFCI can be installed on a 20A circuit with no issue. The only time that a 20A GFCI must be used is where a device with a 20A plug will be connected. Thanks for watching!
I have a similar receptacle tester with a button for testing GFCI's. At home; where all the GFCI's are no more then 3-5 years old they all pop when I push the tester button but at a rental apartment, although the two GFCI's supply power & will pop with their test buttons; they do not with my tester. So the question; is it possible for GFCI's to be bad yet test good with their test button ?
Maybe the tester tests in a less obvious way.
Of coarse , they are a breaker just like the breakers in panel but no failt recepticals or breakers trip by short not temp. As all normal breakers trip by heat. So all your tester doing is shorting out the np falt, if your tester good not shorted out , posibly your tester bad , some one shorted that part of tester out and it ruined it by melting the. Wire peice on the test botton. So check your recetical by volt meter , mash tbe receptical red botton, then test voltage in receptical with volt meter. If it still 120 v or 60v it a bad no fault receptical. But if it reads 0 v and nothing else on same circuit , use volt tester and check it again. If 0 v , reset receiptical and test it again with volt meter. If 120 v it working, if 60v or 0 it bad. 60 volt means there other recepticals or a light on same circuit on neutral side. That why your neutral reads 60 v add or take away 3-5 volts. If it says 63 or higher your wiring is to small and causing a power drop. That raises power bills plus causes ref, ac's, etc to drop out and restart after relays and coils cool off or some stay off snd gives few more volts on your circuit it come back on because voltage drop corrected above 3 volt drop then when other kick on, your circut drops out because the 3 volt drop again. All tbat is because wire to small for service or circuits. Remember all circuits from msin service breaker must be 100 feet distance or less for circuit . If between 101-199 feet distance use next size bigger eire for that circuit, if 200-299 feet distance use 2 size biger wire on tbe circuit. Continue as further distance , the biger wire size.
My Garage GFIC tripped after I hook other devices , the only thing I have is a refrigerator, when I go to reset, it sparks ⚡️ inside. I have to reset. I do have the two GFIC outside ones with no covers.
I don't think you need a gfci for a refrigerator. That may be the problem
Nice video, only thing you missed was explaining the line gauge on the back of the receptacle.Often wires may need clipped and stripped.
Good input! Thanks for watching Somkeydabee!
Did it this morning.
If the green light button keeps popping out after u push it in to work what does that mean I have a pool filter hooked up to it it goes on then pops after a couple seconds or minutes
You likely have a small ground fault in the pool filter pump.
I have multiple gfci outlets in my house that constantly trip. Like if you use it, 75% of the time its gonna trip. It trips at the outlet, not the breaker box. The outlets are on different breakers, 1s in kitchen, 1s in garage, 1s in bathroom. Light bulbs in my house go out constantly to. House is only 10 years old. Any idea what might be causing this? Thanks alot for any info
That's a strange one, but it must be due to a connection problem, and likely in your panel on the main wires coming in. You need to get in a good trouble-shooting electrician and have them check and test, check all connection lugs on the main breaker, the neutral connections, and maybe then you will need the utility supply to pull the meter and check in the meter socket and / or the connections at the transformer. To affect multiple circuits and outlets, this is all I can think of.
Thank you sir
You shut off the breakers but it still shows 120AC across the line. Is there something I'm missing? Shouldn't it be 0? Or did you turn it back on for your multimeter test?
It should be 0, or close to it. I'll have to watch again to see what you mean, but this is the first observation of this that I've seen in my comments.
@@theinternetelectrician Nevermind, you said you turned the breaker back on, I just missed that you said that.
Wait what is this stone called is it agate?
I have a treadmill on a GFCI circuit. It has worked for a number of years. Recently, the GFCI outlet broke and I replaced it. The circuit tester shows that I wired it correctly and the test and reset buttons work and I have power. I can turn on the treadmill, but as I increase the speed, the GFCI trips. Any thoughts?
Must have a more sensitive GFCI than the old one was. The treadmill must have a bit of "leakage" to ground.
@@theinternetelectrician thanks for the reply. Although the first GFCI was 20amp, it’s been sitting in the original box in my drawer. Don’t know if they go bad but I replaced it with a brand new one and it’s working fine.
@@laneemley5865 Yes, they can and do go bad. I've had faulty ones right from the factory. Both ones that don't trip on a ground fault, and ones that are too sensitive. You must have got the latter.
What if you put a Voltage tester in the gfci And it tests power but it won't reset, would it be the gfci that went bad?
Could be, or it also could be that the wires are mixed up with line and load, etc. Thanks for watching!
If you forgot which cable you took off the load side. Do it matter which cable go on the line or load terminal?
Yes it does. The live (hot) wire and its associated neutral go to the Line and the other ones go to the Load, if you want to protect downstream outlets. If not, they all go to the Line.
I just replaced a gfci in my bathroom. The outlet test and reset work and the green light comes on, however anything I plug in does not work. Any ideas?
I replaced two failed gfci outlets on our cabin, they were still giving power to the outlets on the device itself and one downstream outlet each. They just couldn’t trip or be reset.
605 Central Time Chicago Illinois, I just put in a new gfci in my basement bathroom, it's 2wire black is hot side white land side, turned the power back on,I get the green light that comes on,green light stays on try to test and reset it won't reset button won't push in, both button won't push in
Isn't it good safety practice to NOT wear metallic jewelry when working around electricity? (Even if the power is "off".)
Yes, you are correct. But I seem to always forget to remove them! However, the careful electricians still have all their fingers (and toes) as do I! (Touch wood, 58 years and counting)
If you turned breaker off how did you get a volt reading?
Probably turned it back on!
Mine would not reset but after 24 hrs it did? Maybe moisture? I don't remember getting it wet?
@@hotwheel6663 Sounds like a moisture issue. If it happens again, use a hair dryer to speed up the drying and then you'll know if it was moisture or not.
I just bought a new 20 amp outlet gfi. It is wired correctly but still does not work.
I can't really provide an answer here without some trouble-shooting. You will need a voltage tester, or better yet, a multi meter.