GFCI Receptacle

[kylerw]

Was curious if an Insteon GFCI Receptacle was available anywhere... In my search, I have not been able to find one and would love to be able to turn off bathroom appliances when my wife accidentally leaves them on.

If there is not an Insteon device, is one available with a different technology (UPB, Z-Wave)?

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

You could possibly use an appliance module instead? Also, are any outlets 'upstream' that you could use a conventional GFCI with (and all those 'regular' outlets downstream would be protected)?

Just some thoughts...

 

[pbeaulieu]

You could us a GFI circuit breaker. However, that is a little more expensive but protects the entire circuit.

 

[apostolakisl]

Typically the electrician will daisy chain together a bunch of outlets with the first in the series being GFCI and the subsequent ones protected by the first one. If the outlet you are looking at replacing is one of those subsequent ones, then it will be protected even though it is not itself a gfci outlet. There are gizmos at HD that will test an outlet for GFCI if you are not sure. When you plug the gizmo in and push a button, if it is gfci protected the gfci breaker will pop. Then you just have to hunt around your house to figure out where the gfci outlet is and reset it. Sometimes they can be a long ways away.

Otherwise, I would suggest replacing the breaker with a gfci as previously suggested.

 

[drozwood90]

Ditto...

I would suggest, through my experience, to just use the upstream model if possible. I know in my house, for ONE circuit, it was too hard to put in a upstream plug receptacle...so the builder "cheaped" out and put a single plug next to the breaker panel...which is my "upstream" receptacle. Then the wires go off to the outside receptacles.

I think it was cheaper to do that, than to add a GFCI breaker IN The panel.

--Dan