As you know Ungrounded GFCI circuits downstream are activated by the INTRODUCTION of a ground such as a person dropping haridryer in water in the sink for example...that is proper operation of GFCI
therefore to test I try hot to water faucet, drain or such and in stubborn cases I just test with am extension cord to nearest gropunded ooutlet and short hot to ground with hefty probe
rjc
How do you test a non-grounded outlet on a GFCI circuit? I have been told, and it's in the NEC, that you can legally have an outlet downstream that is not grounded (even the GFCI doesn't need grounding). However, the testers operate by shorting between the hot and the ground, but since there is no ground, the test fails. Yet, as far as I can tell, it's done correctly.
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