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Originally Posted by masraum
Aren't outlets downstream of a GFCI protected by the GFCI? That's why you can have a kitchen full of outlets with only one GFCI but all of the outlets are protected. If you've got a circuit with (from the breaker) 2 outlets, then a GFCI and then 2 more outlets, then the GFCI and last 2 would be protected, but the first two (closest to the breaker) would not be protected. And those two would be considered downstream while the 2 unprotected ones would be considered upstream.
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This was the original question:
Is it possible for the GFCI outlet to work, the trip works but the downstream circuit has no power?
Downstream IS protected, but only when the GFCI trips. So if the GFCI is on, and the downstream is connected to the GFCI output side, what he described can't/shouldn't happen.
The two outlets closest to the breaker in your scenario are upstream, and if they are live, then the GFCI input power is probably also live.
His scenario does not sound like a GFCI issue, it sounds like a bad connection in a box.