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Posted by Tim Smith on April 14, 2007, 10:42 pm
I've got a GFCI outlet in a bathroom. If I test it by inserting one of
those 3-light testers that has a GFCI test button, it works fine. I
press the button, and *blam*, it trips right away.
However, if I test by using the test button built into the GFCI, the
light on the GFCI goes out while the button is pressed, but it does not
trip, and the light comes back on as soon as I release the test button.
Is this a serious "don't use that outlet until it is fixed" issue, or a
"go ahead and use it, but replace the GFCI at your convenience" issue?
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--Tim Smith
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Posted by RBM on April 14, 2007, 10:53 pm
Since there are millions of homes that don't have GFCI protected outlets in
all the required by current code areas, you decide
>
> I've got a GFCI outlet in a bathroom. If I test it by inserting one of
> those 3-light testers that has a GFCI test button, it works fine. I
> press the button, and *blam*, it trips right away.
>
> However, if I test by using the test button built into the GFCI, the
> light on the GFCI goes out while the button is pressed, but it does not
> trip, and the light comes back on as soon as I release the test button.
>
> Is this a serious "don't use that outlet until it is fixed" issue, or a
> "go ahead and use it, but replace the GFCI at your convenience" issue?
>
> --
> --Tim Smith
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Posted by Steve Barker on April 14, 2007, 10:58 pm
We made it nearly a hundred years without them. I'd not worry about it.
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Steve Barker
>
> I've got a GFCI outlet in a bathroom. If I test it by inserting one of
> those 3-light testers that has a GFCI test button, it works fine. I
> press the button, and *blam*, it trips right away.
>
> However, if I test by using the test button built into the GFCI, the
> light on the GFCI goes out while the button is pressed, but it does not
> trip, and the light comes back on as soon as I release the test button.
>
> Is this a serious "don't use that outlet until it is fixed" issue, or a
> "go ahead and use it, but replace the GFCI at your convenience" issue?
>
> --
> --Tim Smith
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Posted by Eric9822 on April 15, 2007, 12:18 am
> I've got a GFCI outlet in a bathroom. If I test it by inserting one of
> those 3-light testers that has a GFCI test button, it works fine. I
> press the button, and *blam*, it trips right away.
>
> However, if I test by using the test button built into the GFCI, the
> light on the GFCI goes out while the button is pressed, but it does not
> trip, and the light comes back on as soon as I release the test button.
>
> Is this a serious "don't use that outlet until it is fixed" issue, or a
> "go ahead and use it, but replace the GFCI at your convenience" issue?
>
> --
> --Tim Smith
Personally I would replace it. They cost less then $10.00 and take
less then 30 minutes to install. While it is true that most of us
have managed to survive without them, a lot of dead people might have
lived longer lives if they had used a GFCI. IMHO
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Posted by on April 15, 2007, 8:37 am
I agree.
When in doubt throw it out.
Like the man said they really don't cost that much.
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