Help with GFCI outlet

Change it out. GFCI outlets are junk. I'm sure someone here will post what a preferred brand is.

Yeah I did this. None of the others are tripped.

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Check all of the other GFCI outlets in the house 1st to see if one of those are tripped also.

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There is no reason to have more than one GFCI on a circuit. If you do have more than one they need to wired appropriately so that one with a problem will not affect the others. See below.


Only non GFCI outlets should be tied to the load terminals.

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Yeah there is just one. This issue is isolated to the garage and it’s the only GFCI outlet. All others are standard outlets.

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They do go bad but it is possible that you do have a ground fault down the line. A simple test is to kill power, disconnect the load side, turn power back on, and then see if you can reset the outlet. If you can, it may not be your GFCI.

GFCI outlets are around 20 dollars, so that may be worth replacing anyway. If you do replace it, make sure you get one rated for the same current as the one you are replacing.

15 Amp



20 Amp (note the T shaped slot, this distinguishes it as a 20 amp)

I changed one in my house recently that was bad. Unfortunately, the screws are not the same on all brands, so I eventually had to call an electrician anyway!

They go bad sometimes. Just replace it.

Hot coming in is your line. Downstream wires are your load.

If you really need a GFCI, then replace that outlet with a normal 15a (or 20a if it’s wired for that) then change the breaker feeding that city with an arc fault breaker

They're all designed to fail in about 3-8 years. I buy the mid price range ones sold at big box stores and the same price level at a wholesale house. Price makes some difference....the cheapest ones are really crap, the highest priced ones are merely crap and the middle price point ones are somewhere in between....