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If your insulation is worn out, old, or damaged, it could cause your GFCI to trip. The insulation is in the wall is meant to help prevent such leaks from occurring. So if your insulation is worn, this can cause more leaks. Sometimes having too much equipment or appliances plugged in can also cause your GFCI to trip.Click to see full answer. Beside this, how do I know if my GFCI outlet is bad?If your GFCI outlet keeps tripping, you can test if its working by pressing the test and reset button on the outlet. With a night light plugged in, press the test button. The light should turn off immediately. Press the reset button, and the light should come back on.Also Know, what causes nuisance tripping of GFCI? “Nuisance Tripping” can trip you up! Excessive lengths of temporary wiring or long extension cords can cause ground fault leakage current to flow by captive and inductive coupling. The combined leakage current can exceed 5 ma, causing the GFCI to trip. Then, why does the reset button keep popping out on my outlet? Push reset button If the GFCI won’t reset or the button doesn’t pop out when you press the “test” button, there may be no power to the GFCI or you may have a bad GFCI. On the other hand, if the “reset” button trips again every time you press it, there may be a dangerous current leak somewhere on the circuit.Why does my GFI keep popping?If your insulation is worn out, old, or damaged, it could cause your GFCI to trip. The insulation is in the wall is meant to help prevent such leaks from occurring. So if your insulation is worn, this can cause more leaks. Sometimes having too much equipment or appliances plugged in can also cause your GFCI to trip.

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