Dead GFCI
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Dead GFCI
Hi, Woke up this morning like any morning and went to make some toast and noticed the toaster oven wasnt working. Went to the GFCI outlet that controls this outlet and the little green light is out. Ok maybe it tripped, pushed reset button and nothing. Pressed test and reset and nothing. Hmm
Ok now I go into garage get my fluke, pull the outlet from the the box and I've got 120V touching the hot and common screws. Also touching hot and ground yeilds me 120V. I smell the GFCI outlet and it smells a little burnt.
So off to Home Depot to buy a new GFCI outlet. Get home, shut off breaker, hook it up, and everything is back to normal.
Is it common for a GFCI outlet to just die??
A little backround. Kitchen was redone in 2011 with all new electrical wiring, outlets, lighting ect.
Ok now I go into garage get my fluke, pull the outlet from the the box and I've got 120V touching the hot and common screws. Also touching hot and ground yeilds me 120V. I smell the GFCI outlet and it smells a little burnt.
So off to Home Depot to buy a new GFCI outlet. Get home, shut off breaker, hook it up, and everything is back to normal.
Is it common for a GFCI outlet to just die??
A little backround. Kitchen was redone in 2011 with all new electrical wiring, outlets, lighting ect.
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Buddy of mine had one go in his kitchen while he was standing there once - a bit like fireworks going off was his recollection of the event. I saw the receptacle after he swapped it out, it was burnt and obviously past its useful life.
#5
Well that's scary. Considering this outlet died while I was sleeping kinda creeps me out. Dont really know if it popped, sparked or what have you. And the wife says a smoke detector in every room is overkill.
Which brings me to..
What would Tim the Toolman Taylor do.
Yeah, Maybe Ill put 2 smoke detectors in each room.
Which brings me to..
What would Tim the Toolman Taylor do.
Yeah, Maybe Ill put 2 smoke detectors in each room.
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I've seen 'em popped too.
Look at it this way, better for the replaceable, fairly inexpensive, modular unit to pop than for the wiring in the wall to burn through, even if the wiring weren't to flame up...
Look at it this way, better for the replaceable, fairly inexpensive, modular unit to pop than for the wiring in the wall to burn through, even if the wiring weren't to flame up...
#8
Thanks CasualJoe. I'm sorry, but I was just tying to be a little funny suggesting 2 in each room. And no I dont have 1 in my kitchen.