Reset Button On Outlet Keeps Popping Out On GE Electric Citrus Juicer?
I bought this GE electric citrus juicer at Wal-Mart a few days ago…I plugged it in shortly after purchasing it and started juicing…after 1 lemon it just stopped working. I thought it broke but then figured out that the reset button on my outlet had popped out.
I have noticed these buttons before, but have never seen one of them actually pop out so that I have to press it. Why did that happen? Is the juicer putting too much of an input load on the outlet? Trying to draw too much current?
So now when I use it, I can usually juice 1 or 2 lemons, then have to press the reset button, then do another, press the reset button, and so on. It’s a bit tedious but it works. Is this unsafe?
I’ve used two different outlets, both with the reset button on it, and it’s happened on both of them. They work fine for other appliances, so it’s definitely not the outlets. I may return the juicer if it may cause a hazard.
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The reset button can be found on any outlet (in a modern house) that’s near a water source like a sink or bath. It’s called a GCFI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter), and a technical description can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_fault_circuit_interrupter
Basically, this outlet senses if some current is "leaking" from the appliance to an earth ground, rather than through the return contact of the mains voltage. The usual reason for this leakage to an earth ground is if you drop the appliance into a sink full of water, or if you get your hand caught in it and the current is going through your body (and killing you), which pops the breaker. Since neither of these is true, there’s a fault somewhere.
It could also be that the juicer’s internal wiring is faulty, or the outlet is faulty. If you can plug other appliances into the outlet OK, then it’s got to be the juicer. I know that it seems to be working OK, but if you have to keep resetting that breaker, then there’s a major problem waiting to happen. I’d return it.
some machine has a thermal cutout.When it is too hot , the machine will stop until it is cool down and press the reset button before it can operate again.