Fail-safe ground fault receptacle circuit

Claim 1

A fail-safe ground fault receptacle circuit comprising: a pair of parallel connected female contacts formed to receive an electrical load; a GFCI unit; a potential source having first and second input terminals; circuit means including a series connected impedance and indicating lamp coupling said first input terminal of said potential source to said GFCI unit and conductor means directly connecting said second input terminal of said potential source to said GFCI unit; and circuit breaker means including a plurality of ganged contact members and a solenoid winding, one of said contact menbers selectively coupling said first input terminal of said potential source to said solenoid winding coupled to said GFCI unit, another of said contact members selectively coupling said first input terminal of said potential source to said female contacts and another of said contact members selectively coupling said second input terminal of said potential source to said female contacts whereby manually activating said circuit breaker means causes activation of said GFCI unit by current flow through said solenoid winding and de-energization of said indicating lamp and a ground fault causes activation of said GFCI unit which short circuits said solenoid to activate said circuit breaker and cause current flow through said indicating lamp.