GFI Receptacle lost power

[JNMNL52]

Sounds like a bad GFI.

It is a mechanical piece of electronics. Failures happen.

I would not buy a GFI from the deal. Go to Lowes/Home Depot.

Make sure that when you install the new one that the wires coming in (power source) are installed on the terminals labeled "Line".

GFCI or GFI (same thing, just different acronym) stands for ground fault circuit interrupter. It is designed to turn the power off if something goes wrong. It will also not function properly if it is wired backwards. Voltage source goes on the line terminals. If there are any plugs down stream that are daisy chained from this plug, they go on the load terminals.

Just wanted to close the loop on this issue and thank all that offerred troubleshooting ideas and suggestions. That is what this board is all about. As it turns out I did have a bad GCFI. I replaced it with another (from Home Depot) and it solved the problem. Still a little confused why this did not fix the problem the first time I replaced it but it works fine now. I did not realize GCFi's can go bad for no apparent reason.

 

[magstang1]

They have a circuit built into them that measures the difference in potential between the hot (black) and neutral (white) wire. When it sees a difference greater than 5 miliamps, it knows some of the current is being lost somehow and trips.

Mechanical and electrical circuitry.

Everything fails eventually...