electrical gremlins

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Originally Posted by CharlesPou

thanks for replies, unfortunately, I didn't note error code on EMS, will do more trouble shooting later? I'm light on anything electrical, so not clear on upstream/ downstream meaning. I guess downstream means power goes to exterior GFCI then to kitchen outlet?, and upstream means power to other interior outlets bypasses exterior GFCI?, apparently, that's how it's wired because that's how it behaves. cheers

Replace the gfi with a regular outlet, if that fixes your problems then put a new gfi in it’s place.
Like Habber said they do go bad.
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