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  1. H

    Am I stupid to replace a AFCI breaker with a regular breaker

    Long story short: I had a electrical problem on a circuit that powers our backyard lights and outlets a few months ago that fried the circuit breaker too. Electrical problem was fixed and I had an electrician swap out the breaker for a new one. At the time, he offered to replace it with an...
  2. drounds67

    multiple 2 gang 20 amp outlet box wiring on new gfci breaker

    I have a question on wiring to make sure I am doing it correctly. I plan on adding a new GFCI/AFCI 20 amp circuit breaker to my box and run the wires to the first 2 outlets in a 2 gang box I am installing. I am also installing 2 other 2 outlet boxes. This is in a finished garage. I know how...
  3. homeowner steve

    Dryer trips 30A GFCI breaker

    Hi all, I live in a townhome in Northern Virginia built in the mid 80's. I currently have a 30A double pole breaker feeding 220v to my laundry room through a 10-30 outlet (current wiring is shown in the pic below). In this outlet I have two hots and a neutral attached to the receptacle, and a...
  4. H

    DIY GFCI switch with CT

    Hi, I got an old electrical box (used for pool equipments). The GFCI switch in it broke. It's made by Leviton but no longer in production. Can someone give me idea on how to DIY such GFCI? The GFCI is marked as 125V 60HZ 20A, the front is traditional, but the back has a current transformer...
  5. E

    GFCI and Federal Pacific Question

    Hey guys. I appreciate any guidance you can offer. I'm selling my house and it got inspected today, and I have 2 questions if you can help me out. First, the inspector indicated I need to install GFCI outlets in my kitchen and bathroom. My house is a 1955 brick rancher. I'm nearly positive I...
  6. A

    GFCI testing at ungrounded receptacles

    I have installed a GFCI breaker the main panel which feeds a circuit that serves two bedrooms. This was done so I could replace all the old non grounded two prong receptacles with standard three prong receptacles. There is no ground in the circuit wiring. My dilemma is, how do I test the GFCI...
    • acxman
    • Thread
    • gfci screwfix testing ungrounded
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. N

    How tell if GFCI or Breaker Problem?

    Have three (3) outlets in the kitchen that suddenly stopped working. One of the outlets is a GFCI outlet, and pressing the reset does not do anything. Also tried flipping the Breaker with no success. What most likely is the problem? Should I replace the breaker or replace the GFCI wall adapter...
  8. A

    GFCI circuit protection when replacing old non grounded receptacles

    Hi All, I’m a retired electrician from the Detroit area. My question is, I need to replace some old two prong receptacles in my daughters 75 year old home. Code says I can install a GFCI receptacle in the first receptacle of a group of receptacles and install standard three prong receptacles...
    • acxman
    • Thread
    • circuit circuit protection gfci old protection replacing screwfix
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. C

    Would a breaker be bad if it reads no voltage at breaker? The 50 amp gfci breaker for my hot tub is not reading voltage

    The 50A gfci for my hot tub is not reading voltage.
  10. D

    CAFCI/GFCI Gremlin on sub panel

    Ok, I've got an issue I can't figure out to save my life. Background: I'm putting in a 100a sub panel in my detached 2 car high bay garage. Other than a 50a and a 30a 240v circuit(s), everything is on 20a circuits with CAFCI/GFCI Plug on Neutral Homeline circuit breakers...
  11. S

    GFCI WR outlets are tripping whenever I plug something in

    I am building an outdoor kitchen and have run a subpanel to the kitchen. I have an arc-fault 20 amp breaker with 4 GFCI WR outlets wired in parallel around the kitchen. They are caulked appropriately, with weather rated covers, etc. but for some reason, every time I try to test the outlet - they...
  12. W

    Help with GFCI outlet?

    HI—having trouble with a GFCI outlet. Unsure if there's much more I can do before calling a pro, but wanted to ask. I have a GFCI outlet in the kitchen that recently tripped. When we went to reset it, we lost power to the hood fan and stove light to the right of the outlet. The "reset" button...
  13. C

    To GFCI or not to GFCI

    I have a 150 gallon reef tank (an aquarium for the uninitiated). I had 2-20amp circuits installed to run everything. Not close to max amps. Given that GFCI’s can trip in a false over-current situation, they are somewhat unreliable and my tank can die within hours of power failure is a GFCI still...
  14. B

    Will this degrade a GFCI outlet?

    I have a wall switch controlling regular outlet. If I replace the regular outlet with a GFCI outlet, will turning Off-and-On (power to the GFCI outlet via the wall switch) degrade the GFCI outlet over time?
  15. L

    Open Hot on exterior GFCI outlet

    I have a 15A external GFCI that tripped after a heavy rain. It's on a 4 GFCI circuit (3 interior GFCI outlets and 1 exterior GFCI outlet) and the exterior GFCI outlet is the last one on the circuit. I'm able to reset the other 3 interior GFCI outlets without any problem but the exterior GFCI...
  16. J

    Faulty gfci

    I have bathroom gfci circuit with two gfci in series, the down stream tripped wouldn't reset. Found line potential on both the neutral and hot wire. Further investigation found the up stream unit failed. Has anyone else ever seen this problem. Also the upstream gfci wasn't tripping.
  17. A

    GFCI Breaker Trips during Lightening Storms

    Hi All. First time poster here looking for some advice. I have been having issues with a GFCI breaker being tripped whenever we have very close lightening. Here is the current wiring configuration: 20amp GFCI at the panel. This circuit runs outside and powers the pool pump and a receptacle...
  18. M

    GFCI won't reset, small voltage neutral to ground

    I do general maintenance at a summer camp that includes a campground. One of our campsite electric posts is having a problem. The GFCI is tripped and will not reset. I tried a new GFCI outlet and same result. I'm also getting about 2.6v from neutral to ground, when measured at the outlet and at...
  19. S

    GFCI?

    I have a small popup camper that has lost power to all of the outlets. everything else is working. there is a GFCI outlet with a yellow light on. Can I replace that GFCI and fix the problem?
  20. D

    Attempting GFCI with limited wires, need help

    So I have a light and a switch in my bathroom. The goal is to have a lightswitch/outlet/GFCI combo in the light switch box controlling the light with the outlet constantly having power regardless of switch position. I have 2 electrical boxes in the bathroom: One box with the light...

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