Does this GFCI device automatically reset upon restoral of power? (i.e. after a power outage)
2089125
Your question is faulty. You first have to understand breakers and fuses. If power provided is cut off and comes back on it makes no difference. This only trips when there is a problem with what you are plugging in behind it. It's a portable highly sensitive circuit breaker built into a an outlet. If you trip this from what you have plugged into this it will need to be manually reset. It defeats the safety purpose of this if it was to automatically reset itself. You could restart a fire or sparking event instead of shutting one down. You would not want this to automatically reset itself. You could also re-shock yourself automatically if it automatically reset itself. There is a reason I am the 2A3 King. Your question is faulty. You first have to understand breakers and fuses. If power provided is cut off and comes back on it makes no difference. This only trips when there is a problem with what you are plugging in behind it. It's a portable highly sensitive circuit breaker built into a an outlet. If you trip this from what you have plugged into this it will need to be manually reset. It defeats the safety purpose of this if it was to automatically reset itself. You could restart a fire or sparking event instead of shutting one down. You would not want this to automatically reset itself.... » Read More Your question is faulty. You first have to understand breakers and fuses. If power provided is cut off and comes back on it makes no difference. This only trips when there is a problem with what you are plugging in behind it. It's a portable highly sensitive circuit breaker built into a an outlet. If you trip this from what you have plugged into this it will need to be manually reset. It defeats the safety purpose of this if it was to automatically reset itself. You could restart a fire or sparking event instead of shutting one down. You would not want this to automatically reset itself. You could also re-shock yourself automatically if it automatically reset itself. There is a reason I am the 2A3 King. « Show Less
2089126
Yes it does, to test, plug into a power strip and turn the power strip on and make sure the GFCI is on, hit the black test button on the GFCI and it will be off as if a power failure occured, turn the power strip back on and the GFCI clicks back to the on on or powered up position (red light lit). Hope this helps.Jeffrey Nordi
2089127
It will not trip just because power goes off and on.If it trips because of a ground fault or because you test it, the gfci will not reset automatically. You must push the reset button.
2089128
It did not trip during a power outage. When power was restored it was in the state that existed before the power was lost
2089129
No, This item manually resets. We used this for Christmas lights and did not have to reset this every night.
2089130
Yes it does, to test, plug into a power strip and turn the power strip on and make sure the GFCI is on, hit the black test button on the GFCI and it will be off as if a power failure occured, turn the power strip back on and the GFCI clicks back to the on on or powered up position (red light lit). Hope this helps. Jeffrey Nordi
2089131
Good question, i`m not really sure if it would reset , just my opinion i would say No .i know i used mine all this past winter & never had any problem with it at all , i do know as long as it is getting power the red light stays on .
129072
That happened to mine once. Turned out that the GFI was tripped on that outlet. I reset the breaker and it has been working great ever since.
452964
Yes it will not reset if it is a bad outlet or wired wrong ie.. reverse polarity, line, load etc. You don't mention the age of the outlet and they do go bad over time. Yes you could see a light come on from a live neutral.
147846
No this device will only show if the outlet actually has power, how it is wired (polarized), and test a GFCI outlet for tripping properly. GFCI not resetting then will not show you anything on this tester as no lights will light up. I would check first to see if there is another GFCI receptacle or even breaker that is downstream from the one that is tripped as I see this in my inspections from time to time. Basically someone installed an unnecessary GFCI . If there is, it will need to be reset in order to reset the one upstream. If not, then the GFCI outlet has probably just gone bad. If none of that made sense....call an electrician. Bottom line is no this tester will not help
2222205
Yes. When you set the timer switch duration, it will reset every time the power to the switch turns off, in anticipation of the next "on" cycle.
1948671
That has never happened to me, so I can't answer specifically. However, if I unplug it, it must be reset again, so I assume the same would be true of a power failure.
1490715
No, and this is horribly annoying. Even a brief outage resets the clocks, alarms and everything - you have to completely reprogram everything. If you have power issues at all I would advise against it.
929581
We have a few outages in our area. I have had no problems. There is no programming to do. My switch it is installed in a basement location. If the light is on when power is interrupted, I don't know if it comes back on when power is restored. If not it is a simple matter of flipping the switch.
1452311
No but it id GFCI protected with a reset switch. We are very pleased with the quality of this item.
1886951
I'm not positive but this socket remembers is setting after power outage; don't recall ever having a power outage during it's use.As a test, what I would do is flip the circuit breaker, wait a minute and turn the breaker back on. We may both learn something.Sorry, that's the best I could do.
827232
yes power outage wipes all settings and you annoyingly have to reset it. I have mine light on, timer off so the off time gets messed up. Just reset mine today when I noticed it was staying on all night
1637819
No! The side socket is only for appliances to plug into, it has no reset features. What probably happened is the side socket has shorted out and must be replaced.
158946
You can reset it after power went out by unplugging it and plugging it back in. Or trip the breaker on the circuit it uses and reset it.
2164516
Not to my knowledge. I have not experienced a power outage since installing the control, but I don't recall anything in the very abbreviated documentation.
1160897
Do a little experimenting before you blame the heater. Submerge the heater in a bowl of ice water and plug the heater into an indoor GFI socket near the kitchen sink to see if it really is the heater or the socket. In my case, it turned out that the outdoor GFI plug was not completely resetting when I pushed the reset. Plug in a lamp when resetting the GFI until you know the socket is live. Toggle the reset button a few times, then try your heater. If it trips the GFI, you should be able to hear a distinct click. Personally, I have not had a good experience trying to contact the manufacturer. Good luck.
676794
A slight variation in voltage under load may trigger the gfi thus shutting off your heater
516175
I plugged it into an outlet that is controlled by a switch. It came back on automatically when I switched it on and off. I'm guessing that means that it will also turn on automatically after a power failure.