Recent content by RobbieG

Also, the contact on the hot side was definitely stressed. It wasn't still welded when I took it apart but I'm sure it was stuck. Still can't believe with all the circuitry on that thing it would allow it to be reset while the output was hot.

I have no clue why they did it this way. I think they felt they couldn't fit the GFCI outlets in the undercabinet boxes for the kitchen so they remote mounted them. Had I realized what they were doing I would have stopped them. But it is what it is. We had GFCI's in those same boxes in our old...

Good points. Just finished replacing it and all is well, and now I have an outlet in the closet as a side bonus. It's nice when the simplest answer is the solution, but it doesn't usually seem to work that way. I've been working with redundant self checking Cat 3 / PLd machine safety circuits...

I'm about to replace the suspect GFCI so we'll find out soon. The difference in voltage also concerns me, but now that both black wires are removed from the load side of the GFCI, I'm now getting 120V on the hot wire of the load side to ground and neutral. I wonder if there is just a little bit...

I've had all 6 in the box tripped at once, still had the odd voltages at the plug in the kitchen. Also, removed the hot side of the load of the GFCI, still have voltage on the terminal.

Yes, this seems to be (3) dual pole 20A breakers feeding 6 remote GFCI units (no outlets) which feed a bunch of regular outlets in the kitchen. (All wiring in my county has to be 12ga or larger.. what a pain). These are all pushed in from the back although they don't seem to be spring clips, you...

I actually had one similar to that but without the test button, and for the life of me haven't been able to find it in a couple years. Just ordered this yesterday :) Long overdue. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09WJKKBP2/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I actually am reading 120V line to ground, but 90V line to neutral. That's what is really odd. If I plug something into the outlet, (I plugged in my wife's hair dryer), it does not run- But, when I touched the hot terminal to disconnect it, I definitely got a zap. Not a full out 120V hit, but I...

I mean I flipped the breaker and checked the power on the load side and it was 0V.... Seems like a pretty reasonable test. Don't get me wrong, everything done by my general in this house was a damn mess so I wouldn't doubt if something was done wrong, I'm just not seeing anything. Without...

It's a basic Legrand Pass/Seymore. I can't really get a pic of the wiring, other than it has a red and white on the line side (shares a neutral with another circuit) and (2) blacks and (2) whites on the load side. They really did a dis-service installing it this way. It's a 6-gang box that seems...

Ok, EE/Controls engineer here, but I'm not electrician and I've been doing mostly automation for 30 years. I'm having a little issue with our home that we had built about 6 years ago. We did a lot of the work ourselves, but the electrical was done 100 percent by a large local electrical...