Am I the only one who had a 20-year-old GFCI outlet in a bathroom finally give up the ghost last Tuesday?

Tbh, I was troubleshooting a dead circuit and found the test button just clicked but didn't trip, so I swapped it out for a new one and the whole line came back to life, anyone else run into these old ones failing closed like that?

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phoenix1981mo ago

Found the same thing in my kitchen, swapping it fixed everything.

nina_jenkins1mo ago

Totally! I had that exact issue with my old blender, a simple swap did the trick too.

caleb_thomas9327d ago

Not really sold on that approach honestly. Sometimes replacing just one part can mask a bigger underlying issue that'll show up later. Sounds like a band-aid fix rather than actually solving the root cause.