GFI Breaker or Outlet?

Check everywhere in the house that is on GFCI circuit…..any outside outlet, garage, porches, kitchen, all bathrooms, etc. the gfci that you replaced may not be the one that is fricking up.

Also, gfci outlets are pure crap nowadays…you may have installed another bad outlet.

Finally, some brands have switched the terminals up on their outlets. Verify that the right wires are connected in the right place. Just because you connected the wires to the same terminals you took them from on the old one, that doesn’t mean they are correct. I had to call an electrician because of this on my last one!

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Check everywhere in the house that is on GFCI circuit…..any outside outlet, garage, porches, kitchen, all bathrooms, etc. the gfci that you replaced may not be the one that is fricking up.

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I have checked every GFI and outlet in the entire house and everything works.

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I then tried to test and reset and nothing worked.

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I'd just use a current tester to try to locate exactly where the current stops? Like the feed going into that GFI you replaced, the feed out of it and then the next box in line.

If you don't have current you know where. If you have current, you need to look at the neutral connections to see where something got loose.

From what you're saying, I'd check that a white or black isn't just pulled loose in a junction inside the box you were working on.

I have an electrician coming next week.

Photos of the old and new would help.

Apparently the problem was a fried wire between the two light switches that were connected to the GFI outlet. When the switches were pulled out everything worked. This wire was inserted into a hole for the connection on the switch. He commented that he does not like using this type of connection being they fail a lot. The electrician changed this wire and how it was connected and everything was back working.