It was common in older houses to wire outside outlets off a bathroom GFCI. Have you checked to see if you are getting any water in any outside outlets?
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It was common in older houses to wire outside outlets off a bathroom GFCI. Have you checked to see if you are getting any water in any outside outlets?
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Electrician came over at 9:30 PM tonight to replace the outlet. All fixed so far.
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If it trips again, replace it again before getting into any extensive (and expensive) downstream troubleshooting.Electrician came over at 9:30 PM tonight to replace the outlet. All fixed so far.
Based on my past experience, the chances of getting a "bad" GFCI right out of the box is pretty high.
Brand names don't seem to matter, I get bad ones from Cooper, Harbor Freight, Leviton, you name it.
Also, once the newer ones have tripped a few times - - - even if it's just to test them - - - they go bad.
The older ones, like 15 or more years back, seem to hold up better, but, they still go bad if they get tripped a lot.
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