So frustrated right now. 3 week old GFCI in a bathroom kept tripping for no reason.

Went out on a service call this morning for a client in Arlington. Brand new bathroom remodel, nice tile work, all that. They said the outlet kept popping. I figured okay probably a bad install or some moisture. Nope. Pulled the cover and it was a brand new Leviton, still had the little sticker on it. Checked everything downstream, nothing on the load side. Replaced it with a different brand I had in the truck and boom no issues for the last 4 hours. Has anyone else had a run of bad GFCI's from one manufacturer lately or did I just get unlucky?

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ellis.susan1mo ago

A bad batch of Leviton GFCIs would be all over the trades forums if it were a widespread issue, not just one guy's truck repair. Four hours of no tripping isn't long enough to rule out something else like a loose neutral on the old outlet or a tiny bit of moisture that dried out. Probably just got lucky swapping it and the real problem is still hiding somewhere in that nice new tile work.

blake_black471mo ago

Eh, I dunno, I've seen weird QC slips from big brands before, sometimes it really is just a bad box.