GFI Outlet won't reset

Tank11

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CO
I have a GFI outlet in the kitchen that tripped. The reset button does not reset. I replaced the receptacle with another GFI receptacle and the problem persists.

Any ideas on what is causing the ground fault? There were no power outages or surges that I'm aware of. Just seemed to stop working for no reason. The breaker is fine, the refrigerator is connected to this circuit from a separate wire and is on and running fine.
 
What brand of receptacles are they? Some require quite a bit of force like pressing the reset with a screwdriver.
 
What brand of receptacles are they? Some require quite a bit of force like pressing the reset with a screwdriver.
True. I sometimes find that if the screwdriver is not dead center of reset it will not engage.
 
There may be two problems here.
1. The old GFCI died
2. The new GFCI was not wired correctly

If the line and load conductors are reversed, the GFCI won't set.
Or there is a ground fault downstream of the GFI that has not been corrected.
 
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