Ground fault circuit interrupter

A switching device for selectively interrupting electrical connections between two input and two output conductors, the switching device comprising:

• a housing having an outer shell;
• two fixed contacts, one for each of said two output conductors within said housing;
• two first movable contacts, one for each of said two input conductors, within said housing, to be selectively moved into contact with an associated first contact;
• a lifter member to selectively move both of said two first movable contacts into contact with an associated first fixed contact;
• a reset lever having a reset button at a first end and a latch pin at a second end;
• a latch spring about said reset lever to urge said reset lever towards said housing outer shell;
• a latch plate for selectively engaging said latch pin;
• said latch plate being movable between a first position in contact with said latch pin to retain said lifter member in contact with said first movable contacts which are in turn in contact with said first fixed contacts and a second position wherein said latch pin is free to move through said lifter member under the influence of said latch spring and permits the separation of said first movable and first fixed contacts;
• a printed circuit board mounted to the housing;
• an indicator lamp mounted on the printed circuit board and capable of producing a plurality of colors whereby the indicator lamp can be blinked at regular intervals while producing any one of the plurality of colors or any combination of the plurality of colors;
• an audible device mounted on the printed circuit board where the audible device is capable of generating an audible signal;
• and
• the indicator lamp is caused to blink at a certain rate and the audible device is caused to generate a certain audible signal to indicate a certain state of the switching device.