I just installed a Hubbel GFCI socket and when I turned the circuit breaker back on the GFCI green and red led lights went on and the reset button would not stay in.
The ground wires are pigtailed and connected to the ground screw on the metal box.
The line cable leads are connected to the appropriate colored line screws on the gfci
The existing load cable pair are connected to the appropriate load screws on the gfci.
Don’t know if I have a bad GFCI or something is wrong with my my wiring.
Could another unknown GFCI device on that came circuit be causing this problem
Any ideas what might be wrong?
Best Answer
Always pause in your installation after you have fitted the
LINE
wires, but before you have fitted anyLOAD
wires. Power up and run the GFCI through its paces.This clears a number of problems, including
LOAD
terminalsIf the GFCI works without anything on the
LOAD
line, then you know that if problems emerge after adding a set of wires toLOAD
, this is a problem there, and can troubleshoot accordingly.Another GFCI device on a different circuit cannot cause this. Another GFCI upstream on this circuit would cause this GFCI to go dark entirely.