18+ Gfci Alarm Outlet. Ground fault circuit interrupter receptacles protect you from electrical shock by breaking the flow of electricity whenever they detect a ground fault in your wiring. It didn't quit when i reset the outlet.
With the 2014 and 2017 national electrical code requiring all kitchen and laundry circuits to have arc fault and ground fault protection, contractors have two options for.
Outlets and breakers with gfci, which stands for ground fault circuit interrupter, monitor current flow on the ungrounded (the hot) and the grounded conductor (the neutral). In my day we simply called these gfi outlets or gfis. If the outlet box has four wires plus a ground, connect the second black wire to the brass terminal marked load and the second white wire to the silver terminal. Ground fault circuit interrupter receptacles protect you from electrical shock by breaking the flow of electricity whenever they detect a ground fault in your wiring.