Burnt G F I - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

all vinyl · 04-29-2006, 06:04 PM

I have never seen this befor and ddon't want to again . I was checking out the low voltage landscape lights on my house and after checkinking bukbs and wires I checked the transformer the GFI was melted and the plug on the transformer was blackened . I changed the GFI and tryed the transformer in on another line it works fine then i pluged it in to the GFI and everything works . I cant figure it out any ideas

CE1 · 04-29-2006, 07:42 PM

Maybe it got wet or the plug was loose in the receptical.

Woz the Painter · 04-29-2006, 11:59 PM

As has been explained to me, GFI's are not foolproof, circuit breakers are less likely to blow as a fuse when there is a short.

all vinyl · 04-30-2006, 06:11 AM

I was kind of leaning toward the wet it is mounted under a deck for the last 9 years in a water proof ( i thought ) box i replaced it and built a casing on top to keep snow / rain from going directly on it . I thank you for the input . :thumbs up:

Sparky Joe · 04-30-2006, 04:31 PM

That is pretty scary, I would look at it again after the the lights have been on for an hour or 2 and just feel if the plug or the gfi is hot

brian11973 · 05-02-2006, 11:57 PM

The standard weatherproof cover is only weatherproof if the cover is closed!! Do you have a "bubble cover" ( in use cover) on this? Also check out Sparky Joes's suggestion.

sundogusa · 05-03-2006, 09:32 AM

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the GFI was melted

It happens once in a while. Probably got wet. I've seen dry ones "cook" that were installed outdoors.
Brand name was Leviton