In 1999 the code was changed to require bathrooms to be on a dedicated circuit (due to hair dryers & curling irons). Houses built before '99 could have outside outlets on the circuit so long as they were on the load side of the GFI.itsbob said:
You may not have a GFI breaker in the panel. The receptacles are cheaper to install. You should have 2 in your kitchen (within 6' of the sink), one protecting all bathroom circuits and all outside receptacles should be protected. If you have an older house, roll the dice....jazz lady said:By the way, there is no main GFCI breaker in my electrical panel. I have 3 outside outlets and only one has a GFCI outlet - on the outlet directly opposite it on the INSIDE of the house. I still haven't found the one for the powder room outlet, though.
Everything I ever wanted to know about GFCI outlets and was afraid to ask.
Mikeinsmd said:You may not have a GFI breaker in the panel. The receptacles are cheaper to install. You should have 2 in your kitchen (within 6' of the sink), one protecting all bathroom circuits and all outside receptacles should be protected. If you have an older house, roll the dice....
The front and back porches may not have them, but I bet they run through GFI outlets in the house somewhere..jazz lady said:My house is only about 4 years old. If it was cheaper, my builder did it that way.
I have none in my kitchen. The two outside outlets that are under cover on the front and back porches do not have them.
One other problem you could have is rained last night check your outside GFI receptacles too one of them could trip. not to discourage you but in 26 years exp. i have seen GFI's just go bad it happensjazz lady said:I went to dry my hair this morning, plugged the blow dryer in and nothing. Great. I at first thought the dryer had died but further investigation revealed the outlet was dead. I have two in my bathroom that are both GFI outlets so I reset them and still nothing. I went to the circuit breaker panel and none of the circuits had tripped.
Fine, I'll just use the outlet in other bathroom. Same thing. GFI outlet and no power. I tried resetting it and nothing. I went to my powder room and tried the outlet in there, which doesn't appear to be a GFI outlet but I'm not sure, and nothing. I tested several other outlets around the house and they all were working, although I didn't have time to check every single one.
Any idea what could be wrong and what to look for? The outlets were working fine yesterday.
somdcrab said:One other problem you could have is rained last night check your outside GFI receptacles too one of them could trip. not to discourage you but in 26 years exp. i have seen GFI's just go bad it happens
