Electrical issue
 

I have a GFCI in the kitchen and it controls 2 receptacles down range. The GFCI tests out okay and resets as it should. Both receptacles check out also. I am using one of the testers that shows if there is an open ground or if the hot and common are reversed or several other options that indicate a problem but it shows correct wiring on both. Now, if I plug a phone charger or lamp or anything else into either of the receptacles the GFCI trips. This is a mystery to me. Hopefully you electrician folks can shed some light. Thanks

Can’t troubleshoot over the internet
 

Before semi - retiring I was
a licensed electrical contractor
for commercial & residential
in Arizona.

I did electrical troubleshooting on
a daily basis - electrical problems
cannot be diagnosed over the
internet or over the phone.

If you don’t possess the skillset
to troubleshoot your electrical
problem - get a licensed electrician
and pay them for their time to
come out and fix your problem.


Jim

i would change the gfci i have had many that failed for no good reason. cheap and easy to do.

Running downstream receptacles on a GFCI outlet, specially in the kitchen where large loads are commonly used, can stress them pretty good.

Depending on the age of the GFCI outlet ... some of the older ones were basically work-arounds to get a circuit to meet code and were not of the highest quality.

Kitchen circuits should be on a GFCI (or better) breaker in the load center. Easy to do, if you are comfortable working in the load center. Basically just swapping out the Kitchen circuit breaker and typically attaching a pigtail to the neutral bus.

Thanks guys for all the input. I did suspect the GFCI and replaced it at the beginning but to no avail. No issue working in the load center and may go that route with a GFCI breaker regardless of what the problem turns out to be.