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If you find a tripped GFCI outlet in your home, you should first try to reset it by pressing the reset button on the outlet. If that doesn't work, check for any water leaks or faulty appliances that may have caused the trip. If the problem persists, consider calling an electrician for further inspection and repairs.
What else can I help you with?
Outlet stopped working and it is not a GFCI?
First, check the circuit breakers; make sure they are all ON. Find out if any other outlets on the same breaker are working; it's always possible that a breaker is faulty. If the breaker is on and everything else on the circuit is working, it could be as simple as a poor connection inside the outlet. Also even though the outlet is not a GFCI, it may be fed from a GFCI outlet. Check near by outlets to see if any are GFCI and are tripped.
Do all electrical outlets in a garage need to be GFCI?
Yes, but you can feed multiple outlets from one GFCI outlet. Make the first outlet fed in the cicuit a GFCI. Search for GFCI outlet with Google, etc. and I'm sure you will find an explanantion of how. Most GFCI's come with instructions also.
What does the lights on the GFCI outlet mean?
It means the breaker has been tripped. There are two possible ways to reset it - some have a button on the outlet (there may be several outlets on one circuit, so you may have to look around) the other is the main breaker in your breaker box. You'll need to find a reset the breaker.
What does the red light on the gfci outlet mean?
It means the breaker has been tripped. There are two possible ways to reset it - some have a button on the outlet (there may be several outlets on one circuit, so you may have to look around) the other is the main breaker in your breaker box. You'll need to find a reset the breaker.
Need to find a gfci pool outlet?
Do you need to find the outlet at a hardware store, electrical store or around your pool area? At your pool area - GFCI's can sometimes be found around the pool equipment pad. Sometimes they are located just off the deep end of the pool at the edge of the deck straight back from the pool light if your pool has a light. However these fixtures do not have any access to an outlet. It is usually just a GFCI fixture. GFCI's can sometimes be found in shrubbery surrounding the pool. You just have to hunt for it in those locations. And there are the instances where no GFCI is provided. There may also be a GFCI in the circuit breaker box but this one will not have an outlet. What is your need for an outlet? If you have a pool light that does not have a GFCI in the system you then need to call a qualified swimming pool electrician or a qualified pool tech to install one. There are special requirements for this application.K
What is happening if all your electric plugs dont work in the kitchen and bathroom and the breaker box is fine?
If the "hot" incoming from your distribution panel goes directly to your bathroom first and then to other receptacles in the circuit it could be that the GFCI in your bathroom has tripped. The GFCI has the capacity to protect all of the down stream devices. You may have plugged something into one of your kitchen receptacles and the device had a ground fault on it and that would not be enough to trip the breaker but would trip a GFCI receptacle. This condition is normally caused by a GFCI outlet being tripped. These can be placed in the kitchen, in the bathroom, or sometimes in the basement. If you check all of these places and cannot find a GFCI either start looking elsewhere in the house or contact an electrician. If you do locate the GFCI outlet and that does not correct the problem then their is either more GFCI outlets to be reset or there is a more serious problem that should be addressed by an electrician.Note: most homes have multiple GFCI outlets protecting multiple circuits. As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.Before you do any work yourself,on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOBSAFELY AND COMPETENTLYREFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
Outlet not working in Kitchen or Bathroom or Garage or Outdoors?
The outlet is likely a GFCI protected outlet, or a GFCI outlet itself. Does it have test and reset buttons on it? If not, look around the kitchen, bathrooms, garage, and outdoors to find a GFCI receptacle that feeds this one, and attempt to reset the device by pushing the reset button. If your home is relatively old, you may not have GFCI's, then troubleshoot as below. But the mere mention of an outlet not working in the kitchen makes me think GFCI... Qualifications: Commercial/Residential service electrician. Just about every time there's a problem in one of these areas the culprit is a GFCI the homeowner didn't know about... If you do not understand the work well enough to accomplish it yourself properly and safely, don't try it. Consult a professional electrician, as they are proficient enough to do it properly and safely. When working on electrical circuits and equipment, make sure to de-energize the circuit you will be working on. Then test the circuit with a definitive means to make sure it is off (multimeter with metal tipped leads, voltage tester with metal tipped leads, etc., not a non-contact tester, which is non-definitive.)A faulty receptacle or a disconnected wire in the path. it means that the outlet being affected is probably the last outlet in a series of outlets wired together... so the problem is in either the affected outlet or the one before it.. this happens alot to outlets wired from the back instead of having the wires wrapped around the screws.. so you have a loose common or hot wire at one of these outlets.. a quick way to find the problem is with a small tester known as an outlet tested it plugs into an outlet and has three lights which can tell you what and which outlet has the problem .. any hardware store for $5.00...the only other way is to turn the breaker off that is for your kitchen outlets, pull the recpt out check for a loose wire there or the one in front of that one
What if your bathrooms outlets are not working 4 outlets but the circuit breaker is not fliped How do you figure out what the problem is?
Your bathroom outlets might be connected to a GFCI Outlet. The Ground Fault Circuit Intercept outlet prevents you from electrocuting yourself in the odd chance that you drop an electrical appliance into the water of the bath tub while you're in it. Look around and see if there's one outlet with 2 buttons on it labeled Test and Reset and if you find one hit the Reset button and see if the other outlets start working.
Add new gfci from an existing switch?
Find the Hot side of the switch (Where there is voltage regardless of position of toggle on switch). Tie in new Black wire to GFCI. On wire nut with white wire tie in new white wire to GFCI. Do the same for the bare ground wire, if there is one.
Why would a wall outlet seem to blow when you plugged in a poorly wired lamp but now other outlets on adjoining walls are not working either but no GFCI or circuit breaker was tripped?
(LIFE SAFETY WARNING! [disclaimer]Electricity is dangerous!You can be injured or killed!Improper installations can cause fire, injury and death!) The reason a poorly wired lamp [fixture] may seem to cause a receptacle to blow but have an effect on other receptacles when no GFCI or breaker tripped is that these devices are all wired in parallel [mechanically speaking] on the same circuit.The fault current flows through the whole circuit, so every device is subjected to the same current.1.] The circuit breaker on the main panel may be tripped, but not have an external mechanical indication. [The handle could be stuck.] Reset your breakers anyway and the circuit may reset.2.] The breaker may have failed under the fault current and needs to be replaced.3.] One of the splices or screw termination connections for the conductors in the circuit hs failed completely or partially under the fault current and needs to be repaired.4.] You are possible mistaken, and there is some device in the circuit you have not recognized. As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.Before you do any work yourself,on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOBSAFELY AND COMPETENTLYREFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
Can a regular electric cord be connected to an electric box so it works with a wall switch?
I would venture to say that almost all electrical codes would prohibit you from doing this, though technically possible. A cord-connected lamp is designed to be portable and typical lamp cord is not permitted to be used for a permanent connection. Removal of a cord-plug "disconnecting means" could also void the safety certification of the lamp (if any), making it more difficult to collect on fire insurance.Instead you should have an electrician add a switched outlet and plug the lamp cord into it. Not only is this up to electrical code, but is more versatile in the long run should you or someone else need to change out the lamp. Be aware that code now requires certain locations to have a GFCI for an outlet and most GFCI-integral outlets cannot be installed on a switch, so it would have to be a GFCI breaker on the circuit.Alternatively, your electrician can find a similar light fixture designed for permanent installation and wire that to the switch, with or without the switched outlet, possibly using "surface raceway". Without the outlet, no GFCI is required.Addressing some concerns it is capable to switch a GFCI outlet if the correct type is used and more of a concern than adding a GFCI is adding a combination arc-fault circuit breaker especially for use with lamp cords. If you decide on the second route of a surface raceway to a switch it is still recommended to add either a AFCI breaker or a GFCI breaker depending on conditions of installation. the most recent code changes to the NEC require that almost every outlet circuit (lighting or receptacle) be protected by either an AFCI or GFCI.
Does a microwave have to be plugged into a GFCI outlet?
It is not required for a microwave to be plugged into a GFCI outlet, but it is recommended for safety reasons, especially in locations like kitchens or bathrooms where there may be water present. GFCI outlets help protect against electrical shocks in wet environments.
