Timeline for Problem with GFCI at start of circuit with both lights and two receptacles
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| Aug 19, 2019 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/1163329880685195264 | ||
| Aug 18, 2019 at 16:46 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Well, when you push the button, it tests the GFCI's one job, which is tripping for current leakage. So in that sense it's a GFCI tester. It's not an all-singing all-dancing everything tester though. And as a 3-lamp tester, the lights are fine, but the descriptions of problem conditions are tuned for new work. They will lead you on wild goose chases in old work. | |
| Aug 18, 2019 at 11:10 | vote | accept | DSlomer64 | ||
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| Aug 18, 2019 at 10:42 | comment | added | DSlomer64 | Yeah, package does NOT say "GFCI Tester" but since it has a GFCI "trip" button, I assumed it was testing the GFCI itself, which it is, but I assume that a real "GFCI Tester" would do other things, such as .... uh .... well, I can't think of any, other than what the LED combinations find wrong. (I've installed half a dozen GFCI receptacles in the past 20 years. Never had a problem until now.) | |
| Aug 17, 2019 at 1:39 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Aug 16, 2019 at 22:54 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 16, 2019 at 22:40 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | That's not a GFCI tester. That's an outlet tester. Some outlet testers are combination devices, containing both an outlet tester (which is 3 lights red yellow yellow) and a GFCI fault tester (a button). | |
| Aug 16, 2019 at 20:11 | answer | added | Retired Electrician | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 16, 2019 at 17:48 | answer | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 16, 2019 at 17:35 | review | First posts | |||
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| Aug 16, 2019 at 17:34 | history | asked | DSlomer64 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |