GFCI won't reset
Kitchen GFCI won't reset. Put in a new one and still won't reset. Outlet manages frig, slideout wall outlet, overhead light on slideout and bathroom. Told there might be a short somewhere. Any suggest...
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DrewE wrote:myredracer wrote:rockhillmanor wrote:
My gfi looked like this behind the wall and still worked!
Wires melted and burnt to a crisp and still providing power.:S
Not good. Curious - why is that a residential type recept. and not an SCD RV type? Someone changed it? The melted wire can't have been terminated properly.
Are there SCD GFCI's made? I don't think I've come across them--only plain receptacles.
No there aren't. The one in our bathroom has a surface mounting outlet box to get enough depth along with a standard GFCI recept. The reason there isn't one is that the GFCI circuitry takes up too much space and there'd be no room for the IDC terminals.
FWIW, here is Hubbell's installation brochure for their Wirecon SCDs. Shows pushing the wires in with channel lock pliers along with using the back cover to push the wire in.
