RDI Properties

We use our web site rdi.proporties to provide lots of information to our tenants. Over the years we have discovered that there are a number of things that renters do not know about the physical plant of the place they are renting. GFI's are one of those things. Thus on our web site we include the following: Kitchen or bathroom lights and power out? Likely the GFCI has tripped.
A GFCI outlet (GFCI stands for Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt) is a special electrical outlet device that provides much greater protection from electrical shock than a standard electrical outlet does. A GFCI monitors the amount of current flowing from hot to neutral. If there is any imbalance, it trips the circuit. It is able to sense a mismatch as small as 4 or 5 milliamps, and it can react as quickly as one-thirtieth of a second.
It is now code that all electrical outlets within six feet of a water source must be GFCI. Think bathrooms and kitchens. To locate the outlet with the tripped GFI, look for the one with a small button popped out. Remember, when a GFI trips, it will trip any and all outlets connected to that GFI. Most kitchen and bathrooms in new homes have multiple (visible) GFI outlets, so it shouldn’t be too hard to find the GFI that’s tripped in one of these rooms. Once you have located the outlet with the tripped GFI, simply push the button back into place. You should hear a small click.








