GFI problems
We have a GFI that keeps popping the breaker. It is the one for the bathroom, bedroom. It will pop sometimes every day, 2-3 times, sometimes every couple of hours, sometimes not for 3 days. There i...
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newman fulltimer wrote:
check the outside outlet
I agree with Newman.. Often the seal on the cover of the outside outlet breaks down over time and rain enters the box. When this happens you get a trippy GFCI since it's a GFCI protected outlet (Not a GFCI but it is protected by the one and only in the bathroom).
Drying it out fixes the problem.
Next option is a wire somewhere that has been rubbed bare.
and of course a bad connection.. Those are kind of rare but if there is a connection issue it is MOST LIKELY in the box behind the GFCI itself as these are often wire nutted. Not the best way to connect things.
