I managed to to destroy two GFCI outlets today by shorting neutral to ground when run off a schumacher 750 watt inverter. They reset a few times but then nothing, they can not be reset. I was deliberately doing that to see if they would trip off, and they did not trip. The inverter did overload a few times before finally blowing a mosfet, which I replaced and it works again.
The GFCI did trip off with the test button, but a direct short killed them both. Both GFCI mechanically look fine.
I took apart the Leviton and it has a small PC board. About the only thing I could replace is a transistor.
Do those devices have an onboard fuse soldered in?
Over the years I have had maybe 10 of these just fail for no good reason, one day they worked, another they did not. So I would like to know are they mostly junk and designed to trip off break and not work well after some age is on them?
The GFCI did trip off with the test button, but a direct short killed them both. Both GFCI mechanically look fine.
I took apart the Leviton and it has a small PC board. About the only thing I could replace is a transistor.
Do those devices have an onboard fuse soldered in?
Over the years I have had maybe 10 of these just fail for no good reason, one day they worked, another they did not. So I would like to know are they mostly junk and designed to trip off break and not work well after some age is on them?