Vent: GFCI kept tripping and the cause was nowhere near the outlet.

Put in a new GFCI outlet and it kept tripping right away. Found a wet wire splice in the crawl space that was feeding it. Took me hours to track that down.

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lisa_reed6mo ago

That's the worst, water can travel so far along wires. Ever check if it was coming from a leaky pipe above that wall?

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victor_barnes486mo ago

Water finds the craziest paths sometimes.

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lilychen6mo ago

Ugh, seriously, how far can water travel? I had a tripping outlet in my kitchen once and the actual problem was a tiny roof leak two floors up. The water ran down inside the wall and pooled near a junction box like twenty feet away.

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