GFCI protected outlet not working

[Jim Port]

It should not have been off the kitchen receptacle circuit. These have been dedicated to kitchen/dining receptacles only for probably 30 years. It was common for exterior receptacles to be downstream of the bathroom GFI until the late 80s or early 90s.

[Robert Meier]

From what I can remember I think that Jim got it. Many times you would feed an outdoor receptacle off of an interior GFCI to save one from buying an extra GFCI device especially when they used to cost $30 or more.

[David P. OKeefe]

This was a 7 year old home. No GFCIs in the panel. The only argument so far is that this outlet is not protected by this GFCI. Lets say it is covered by this GFCI. What would cause the protected outlet to lose power and another one down stream not to? Is that even possible?

[Jim Port]

Just read original post. It might be possible that the power comes into the middle and branches left and right. There is the possibility of a loose connection at the one box.

A home so new should have been wired more closely to todays codes. Do you know what year NEC is enforced in that area?

[Vince Santos]

The same thing happened to me last week. Five outlets in the kitchen and two GFCI's. I tested them with my SureTest and the circuits tripped fine. But when I reset the GFCI's power did not return to two out of the outlets. I searched everywhere for a tripped outlet but didn't find it.