How does a GFCI work? - Leviton 8599 GFCI Receptacle

Is this a new bidet installation, USA? What year was home built and/ or remodeled?

It's probably safe but It would not be wise to use the unit without GFCI protection.

Please describe the installation. Is it plugged into a bathroom circuit with a GFCI breaker in the house panel or is there a GFCI receptacle protecting multiple outlets in the bathroom.

The typical cause for GFCI nuisance trips is an improper connection of protective equipment ground and neutral (grounded conductor) somewhere downstream of the GFCI protection device. IOTWs, a white neutral wire is touching bare ground wire or metal box.

You might try plugging the bidet into a long 3 wire extension cord so you can try a different GFCI outlet... in the kitchen or dining room. If it works at different GFCI circuits then likely it's not the unit but rather the bathroom wiring.

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power off disconnect motion light power on reset gfci. if it trips he problem is between breaker and rec.., or replace gfci with another one.is box dry even a small amount of water will cause it to trip. do not float grounds or neutrals, ensure that the black power wire is on the black terminal on line side.

that should work no problem , but do make sure its only a gfci model not a combo acfi/gfci as with a mechanical timer the acfi is gonna misinterpret the switch closure and shut the power off

ohh and do remember just because the timer is rated at 40 amps and your feeding it with a 20 amp gfci doesn't mean it will work too 40 amps !!

Do you have 2 GFCI on same circuit? use only 1.
Check for short on spa light.
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Typically you want pool and spa lights connected to low voltage (12V ac) transformer
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reset the GFCI and they will all work. The other two are down stream from the gfci.

You can buy an inexpensive GFCI tester for as little as $10-$12. A better one with several mv settings will cost you a bit more. This way you can test this circuit and even GFCI receptacles. Then you'll know for sure if your breaker is working.

It would not be a good idea to use a 240v circuit to feed a different circuit with 120v. The gfci probably would not work anyway. A gfci receptacle works by measuring the current from the hot wire to the neutral wire. This circuit would be unbalanced , therefore probably would not allow the gfci to work . If you are trying to feed a washing machine , it should be on a circuit by itself.

Try it in a normal plug. Freezers and refridgerators just pull too much to be used on a GFCI. The more a GFCI is used the eaiser it trips.

that is truly a strange problem, has there been any rewiring going on? almost seems that it wired in a series instead of a paralell circuit and the end one completes the circuit when something is plugged in. i am not sure how to tell to fix this other than to go thru the whole circuit.

at the gfci the line side, or the hot wires supplying it should be hooked up to the line side of the gfci. the wires feeding the rest of ur outlets should be connected to the load side of the gfci.

then at each outlet the hot wires both line and load should be hooked up to the brass or gold looking screws and the neutrals should be hooked up to the silver screws. this way u should have power on all the outlets.

I think this is normal for a GFCI.