Originally Posted By: jpope This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I know it’s defective and needs to be replaced, but does anyone have an idea of what’s going on here?
The "reverse polarity" reading by this tester is false (as I've come to learn). My SureTest gives no reading at all (as if no power). This is after I tripped and reset the GFCI.
Thoughts? Opinions?
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Originally Posted By: jpeck This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
jpope wrote:
The "reverse polarity" reading by this tester is false (as I've come to learn). My SureTest gives no reading at all (as if no power). This is after I tripped and reset the GFCI.
Thoughts? Opinions?
Did you check it with a volt meter or neon light pigtail?
My guess is that it is NOT wrong, that it IS reverse polarity.
It is NOT uncommon for a GFCI to reset reverse polarity, and I mean real true reversed polarity. Those are, of course, defective too.
Did you try tripping it and resetting it? Did you try pushing the reset button in from one side of the button, the center of the button?
Originally Posted By: jpope This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
jpeck wrote:
Did you check it with a volt meter or neon light pigtail?
No.
jpeck wrote:
My guess is that it is NOT wrong, that it IS reverse polarity.
It is NOT uncommon for a GFCI to reset reverse polarity, and I mean real true reversed polarity. Those are, of course, defective too.
The SureTest would tell me if it was "true" reverse polarity, don't you think? Your contact (Steve Campolo) said that the RP was actually "uncommon," however, improper resetting was quite common.
jpeck wrote:
Did you try tripping it and resetting it? Did you try pushing the reset button in from one side of the button, the center of the button?
That is how I was able to get this condition. I always try and manipulate these to get a bad reading 
Kevin,
I know there are several conditions that will give no reading, that's why I still carry these other testers.
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Originally Posted By: jpeck This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
jpope wrote:
The SureTest would tell me if it was "true" reverse polarity, don't you think? Your contact (Steve Campolo) said that the RP was actually "uncommon," however, improper resetting was quite common.
Yeah, I know, and that is after I (and many others) told him (on multiple occasions) that this was NOT "uncommon". Happens more than he wants to admit to (most were Leviton and he works for Leviton).
Originally Posted By: Greg Fretwell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Didn’t we have this conversation a couple months ago? It is a GFCI with an open neutral contact. The different indications will depend if there is something in the downstream load.
With a downstream load you will see 120v on the <open> neutral along with the light that comes on with hot to ground.
Reset the GFCI a few times and you will probably wipe the dirty contact clean but it is still suspect.
Originally Posted By: jpeck This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Greg Fretwell wrote:
Didn't we have this conversation a couple months ago? It is a GFCI with an open neutral contact. The different indications will depend if there is something in the downstream load.
With a downstream load you will see 120v on the <open> neutral along with the light that comes on with hot to ground.
Reset the GFCI a few times and you will probably wipe the dirty contact clean but it is still suspect.
Different conversion.
Some of these can virtually ALWAYS be reset reverse polarity. Some seldom. Some never (or at least not that we may find  ).
It should NEVER reset reverse polarity, no matter how one tries to press the button in.