GFCI Test Problem
#1
12-29-16, 06:15 PM
GFCI Test Problem
Separated from: http://www.doityourself.com/forum/el...gfci-test.html
How was this situation resolved? Was it the outlet? I'm facing a simular situation, GFCI and downstream outlets all test as good until I press the test button. Press the Test button, GFCI trips, test GFCI outlet, no lights, as it should be but all downstream outlet go to hot/grd reversed. Brand new outlet, also triple checked that feed and load sides are wired correctly.
How was this situation resolved? Was it the outlet? I'm facing a simular situation, GFCI and downstream outlets all test as good until I press the test button. Press the Test button, GFCI trips, test GFCI outlet, no lights, as it should be but all downstream outlet go to hot/grd reversed. Brand new outlet, also triple checked that feed and load sides are wired correctly.
#2
12-29-16, 06:29 PM
Group Moderator
Welcome to the forums.
They are not !
When a GFI trips..... it becomes dead....NO hot or neutral on face of device and NO hot or neutral out of the load connections.
It is very possible that a plug in tester could show a strange reading when the GFI tripped.
The only positive way of knowing is to use a test light, voltage tester or analog meter.
also triple checked that feed and load sides are wired correctly.
When a GFI trips..... it becomes dead....NO hot or neutral on face of device and NO hot or neutral out of the load connections.
It is very possible that a plug in tester could show a strange reading when the GFI tripped.
The only positive way of knowing is to use a test light, voltage tester or analog meter.
