Boo
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I am having problems with one of the two 20-amp small appliance circuits in my kitchen. This one includes four 20-amp GFCI receptacles located above the countertop, one receptacle for the ignition on the gas cooktop and the final is the receptacle for the range hood. These have been working fine for over a year. When first installed, I confirmed the correct wiring with a three-wire circuit analyzer and everthing has been working smoothly until today when I plugged in a shop vac to clean up some leftover drywall (still putting up walls) . When I turned on the vac, the GFCI tripped. These are wired for single-location protection.
The breaker on the service panel did not trip but I wasn't able to reset the GFCI outlets - any of them! I even replaced the receptacle where I plugged in the vac with a new 20-amp, but no luck. When I plugged in the analyzer, it read that the hot/ground connections are reversed, however nothing has changed since I first connected the receptacles. I checked within the box to see if any wires are compromised, but everything looks intact. I rechecked the connections to all of the receptacles and they're all hooked up correctly; e.g. white neutral to neutral "line" connector, black to hot, ground to green (and grounded to the metal Handy box).
Any thoughts on what is going on? Thanks!
The breaker on the service panel did not trip but I wasn't able to reset the GFCI outlets - any of them! I even replaced the receptacle where I plugged in the vac with a new 20-amp, but no luck. When I plugged in the analyzer, it read that the hot/ground connections are reversed, however nothing has changed since I first connected the receptacles. I checked within the box to see if any wires are compromised, but everything looks intact. I rechecked the connections to all of the receptacles and they're all hooked up correctly; e.g. white neutral to neutral "line" connector, black to hot, ground to green (and grounded to the metal Handy box).
Any thoughts on what is going on? Thanks!