But nothing else happens i ve not had these in any of my other houses i ve lived in so i was curious.
Kitchen outlet red light. The black button is for testing the outlet while the red one is for resetting it in the event that it trips. Self testing gfci outlets perform regular tests to make sure they work properly. They only work when the light is on and when one of the buttons are pushed in. The breaker inside a gfci outlet trips when it detects a sudden surge of current such as would be caused by holding an ungrounded appliance while standing in water.
The pilot light in a gfci is an indication that the receptacle is hot maybe they should add a red pilot light to indicate that no power is coming out of the outlet and green when power is available. Please try again later. If the gfci outlet has a blinking or solid red light this means that there is a problem. Gfcis have two buttons in front often colored red and black.
O o there s one in the kitchen too it s an outlet cut in half with a plug in part and then a switch. On the wall outlet in the bathroom it has a red light and a button that says test what is this about. Watching a bad gfci red blinking light thank you for watching and please subscribe. When an outlet goes dead it s easy to jump to conclusions and assume the worst but more often than not the problem is something simple and you can save the cost of a service call just by taking a few steps to trace the cause.
10 minutes of your life. Skobel homes shows you how to how to reset your gfci outlets and circuit breaker if your electrical. This feature is not available right now. In the kitchen i have two power outlets with red lights on them and there is a reset button and a test button.
If the device fails the test it will trip and the red light will turn on.