When a circuit under the protection of a GFI goes down, is there a way to tell that it is truly a GFI that has tripped - a GFI that cannot be found for direct examination - as opposed to some other fault?
My friend was vacuuming in her garage when the circuit went dead. Two outlets in the garage are dead and two outside. I suspect there is a fifth somewhere we haven't looked yet. Can't imagine where. Another outlet in the garage has an obvious GFI and it's OK. We've checked all the breakers. They have little indicator lights to show when they have tripped. None are tripped and all are hard on. We even toggled them all to be sure none were in the squishy position.
We spent this evening looking everywhere but cannot find the missing GFI outlet. I'm 90+% sure there must be one, since there are other ones in the garage, but it would be great to confirm that one is actually present before we devote still more time to searching for it.
If I'm wrong and there is some other kind of fault, what should I look for?
My friend was vacuuming in her garage when the circuit went dead. Two outlets in the garage are dead and two outside. I suspect there is a fifth somewhere we haven't looked yet. Can't imagine where. Another outlet in the garage has an obvious GFI and it's OK. We've checked all the breakers. They have little indicator lights to show when they have tripped. None are tripped and all are hard on. We even toggled them all to be sure none were in the squishy position.
We spent this evening looking everywhere but cannot find the missing GFI outlet. I'm 90+% sure there must be one, since there are other ones in the garage, but it would be great to confirm that one is actually present before we devote still more time to searching for it.
If I'm wrong and there is some other kind of fault, what should I look for?