Electrical question - GFCI

[Shane]

I hosed down my patio the other day to wash all the dust off of everything after the big wind/dust storm we had last weekend. I must have gotten water in an outlet, because they're not working. There are 2 GFCI outlets on the patio, on the same circuit, along with a few regular outlets. None of the outlets out there are switched. The GFCIs have little LED lights, and they're both flashing fast orange lights. They won't reset. The breaker wasn't tripped. I turned the breaker off and on a few times. The GFCIs still won't reset. I have had the covers propped open all week to allow any water that got in to dry out, but they're still flashing orange and won't reset. I'm guessing there's still water in an outlet somewhere that hasn't dried up yet. Before I take them all out to dry them, is there anything else that could cause this problem that I should be looking at?

[SaltwaterSlick]

If it's going to be dry for a few days, pull the covers off and blow them out with compressed air. Turn the breaker off to kill the circuit and pull the plugs and anything else on that circuit to check for tight screws on all the wires. That's what I'd do next.

[Joe H]

The plugs might have went bad. Just replace them

[boy wonder]

The plugs might have went bad. Just replace them

It happens.

[Smokeater]

Yep....or there may be another one some random place that's tripped. Ran into that several times.

[mikemorvan]

Check the gfci on the front porch. For a long time all exterior gfci’s were on one circuit. Sounds like the dust devil has control of those outlets. 😩

[Quackerbox]

Ive replaced 2 at my dads in a week. With regular plugs. Kitchen and a bathroom.

[splitbeam145]

1st thing I do in that situation is turn breaker off. Pull out the GFi outlet and disconnect the Load side of the outlet then turn breaker back on and see if GFI reset. If it does then problem is downstream from there. If it doesn’t reset and nothing plugged directly into the GfI then it’s bad. That’s the quickest way to figure out what route to go.

[bboswell]

GFCI is the Devil!

[Paycheck]

I would try what Splitbeam suggested.

[999]

My outside and bathroom GFCI main one is in my detached garage.

[WItoTX]

My money is on one of them went bad. I'd kill the power, let them dry for a week, and if no luck, just replace them.

[E.TX.BOWHUNTER]

Hope they are not daisy chained.

[SJP51]

Ive replaced 2 at my dads in a week. With regular plugs. Kitchen and a bathroom.

Wet areas should have GFCIs.

[Quackerbox]

Wet areas should have GFCIs.

Im aware. I carried an electrical license for a few years. Don't mean I agree with codes. Kinda like seat belts and helmets. You wanna get scattered across the freeway, go head. You dumb enough to electrocute yo self washing your hands. Darwin wins