Pass & seymour gfci outlets

[GRANDPA1969]

Has anyone else out there been having recent problems with the Pass & Seymour GFCI outlets burning up? I have come across 3 just this week, the one I came across today was burned up but did not cause the breaker to trip. In all 3 cases nothing was pluged into any of the outlets. Sounds like maybe a manufacturing problem?

 

[480sparky]

Has anyone else out there been having recent problems with the Pass & Seymour GFCI outlets burning up? I have come across 3 just this week, the one I came across today was burned up but did not cause the breaker to trip. In all 3 cases nothing was pluged into any of the outlets. Sounds like maybe a manufacturing problem?

Were they line-loaded to protect downstream receps? That's where the load could have been......

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Has anyone else out there been having recent problems with the Pass & Seymour GFCI outlets burning up? I have come across 3 just this week, the one I came across today was burned up but did not cause the breaker to trip. In all 3 cases nothing was pluged into any of the outlets. Sounds like maybe a manufacturing problem?

Have not had any problem with P&S-- how long have they been installed?

 

[GRANDPA1969]

they where all just line fed, nothing down stream, they have only been installed for a couple of months.

 

[peter d]

Sounds like maybe a manufacturing problem?

More than likely that's the case.

We had a discussion about that awhile back and it was determined that certain electronic components within the GFCI can fail causing the whole thing to die.

 

[SEO]

Have there been any voltage spikes? Welcome to the forum.

 

[GRANDPA1969]

No voltage spikes, usually when that happens the computers shut down