Review on 🔌 Leviton GFNT1-W SmartlockPro Non-Tamper-Resistant Receptacle by Kevin Singleton

I am a complete electrician. My house only has two prong outlets, which is becoming increasingly frustrating as I often end up using small adapters that I don't prefer. I did some research on converting to three prong outlets and noticed that my house (built in 1957) only seems to have two wires in the circuits. In my bathroom, a long fluorescent light hung above a large mirror, but eventually it was removed and made into a fixture that was unsightly and probably dangerous. To one side of the mirror was an old wall mounted gas lamp converted into a socket. To power this someone found a very thin cable with a plug that splits into two 6 foot extensions. Very strange. The lamp was plugged in at one end and the other plug was left loose on the opposite side of the mirror. This cable was so old that it didn't even have a socket with a large hole for polarized plugs. But worse, they just looped the wire coming out of the wall through a small hole at the end of each pin of the connector and taped it around. I did a little research and found that GFCI sockets can be plugged in. to two-wire systems and offer a certain degree of protection even without grounding. So I ordered this and hooked it up to the wires coming out of the wall and plugged the wires straight into the terminals. (He has the ability to either clamp a straight wire or traditionally loop the wire). I pressed the test and reset buttons to see if they worked, which turned out to be an error. I reset the circuit breaker and turned on the switch that the outlet was plugged into. The status light on the outlet blinked red but then went off and when I plugged in the lightbulb nothing worked. I knew I had it plugged in correctly so I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. I gave up and swiped an unused two-prong outlet from the basement, plugged it in, and it worked. I kept thinking about it the next day, and then I did what I always do, but not this time. I actually read the instructions. I noticed that it comes with a disabled test switch. He said to plug in a lamp or something and then restore power and press the reset button and it should work. SO. I removed the old socket and reconnected this socket, this time wrapping the wire around the screw. I did as the instructions said and after playing around with the test and reset buttons I must have done it in the right order and to my great relief it worked as intended. Now when I flip the switch, the green light comes on and the lamp gets power. I also connected an extension cord to the second plug and now I have three prong outlets.