testing GFCI recepticles

[roger]

I disagree with everyone participating in this thread. (but not for the topic at hand) :wink:

Roger

 

[brother]

I disagree with everyone participating in this thread. (but not for the topic at hand) :wink:

Roger

I disagree with your disagreement with everyone participating in this thread (but not for the topic at hand).

 

[quogueelectric]

Now that I find truly surprising. You are the first person that I would have expected to disagree.

My new years resolution was to agree with everyone. Ok deep breaths!! Maintain......Maintain.............

 

[acrwc10]

Use the test button and test per manufacturers specs. Off the subject a little if I remember correctly from a seminar that I was at a UL rep said that a gfic receptacle is tested for 6000 resets.

That is about how many times a carpenter will push the reset button before considering there may be a problem, and then he would say its the GFI that is faulty.

 

[M. D.]

That is about how many times a carpenter,..while standing in the rain,... will push the reset button before considering there may be a problem, and then he would say its the GFI that is faulty.

There.. now it's about right:smile: thanks for the laugh Acrwc10

 

[acrwc10]

There.. now it's about right:smile: thanks for the laugh Acrwc10

Laugh? I was serious. And thanks for adding the part I forgot.

Seriously ( 6000 ) resets ? It seems like some of them you are lucky to get 10 resets before the test button locks up.

 

[wdemos]

I was told that if you put a gfci down stream (load side) from another gfci, that they would not work right. I have never done it cause if you have one gfci then you dont need the 2 as the first would protect the down stream receptacle, but just for the sake of arguement have anyone ever seen this or heard of this?? sounds like an ole wives tale.

I have seen this done accidently once. The test button on the downstream GFIC actually tripped both GFCI's and they were newer units so upstream GFIC had to be reset before the downstream.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

I have seen this done accidently once. The test button on the downstream GFIC actually tripped both GFCI's and they were newer units so upstream GFIC had to be reset before the downstream.

The test button on the GFCI receptacle or on a plug in tester? The test button on the receptacle does not create a real ground fault and would not cause the upstream device to trip. The plug in tester does create a real ground fault and could cause either or both devices to trip.

 

[wdemos]

My mistake it was a Greenlee 5708.

 

[acrwc10]

My mistake it was a Greenlee 5708.

I hope for $160 bucks the thing does more then test the GFI, especially when the test button is the recommended way of doing the test. :-?

 

[480sparky]

I hope for $160 bucks the thing does more then test the GFI, especially when the test button is the recommended way of doing the test. :-?

From Greenlees specs:

Capacity 120VAC, 3-wire systems Time 4-second interval between mA test impulses; 200 MS pulse duration Size 5-3/8

Description:

Allows instant testing of GFCI receptacles or GFCI circuit breaker protected circuits.
Checks 120VAC grounded outlets for correct/incorrect wiring.
LED indicators signal correct wiring, open ground, open neutral, open hot, hot/ground reversed, and hot/neutral reversed.