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Electrical Distribution Newsletter | March 2026
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Designed to support today’s advanced electrical loads, Leviton’s entire portfolio of residential GFCI receptacles are designed to work with the latest home appliances
As distributors know, ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs) are essential safety devices that immediately cut off power if a ground fault is detected, reducing the risk of electrical shock or electrocution. But while traditional GFCI outlets are designed to detect these leakages at 60 Hz, many modern appliances have components that operate at higher frequencies, which can result in nuisance tripping. Happily, those concerns are a thing of the past thanks to Leviton’s entire portfolio of residential GFCI receptacles, which have been fully redesigned to ensure high‑frequency interoperability. The bottom line? Distributors, contractors, and end users can count on Leviton’s residential GFCI receptacles to deliver reliable protection, seamless performance, and greater peace of mind than ever.
“In the last several years, Energy Star standards for electrical appliances in the home, such as inductive cooktops, dishwashers, and refrigerators have gotten stricter,” confirmed Stacy Genovese, Product Manager, Safety Receptacles at Leviton. “Many manufacturers meet these increasingly stringent energy efficiency requirements by incorporating advanced internal components like high-frequency switching power supplies, which operate at frequencies higher than the traditional 60Hz” she said. “However, GFCIs can trip unnecessarily due to ground leakage at these higher frequencies. In response to this, UL developed an optional rating within UL 943. This new section lays out requirements for GFCIs which addresses higher frequency ground leakage interoperability issues.”
Over the past year, Leviton responded to this development by proactively redesigning its entire line of residential GFCI receptacles to meet the new UL rating for high-frequency interoperability ensuring they work seamlessly with today’s appliances.
“While other manufacturers may or may not redesign their GFCIs to meet this threshold, every one of Leviton’s residential GFCI receptacles has been upgraded to meet the UL standard for high-frequency applications, so distributors and contractors never have to worry, review product specifications, or question their purchase,” Genovese said. “If you buy a residential GFCI receptacle from Leviton, you can rest assured that you have an HF-rated product.”
Leviton Senior Marketing Manager, Residential Products Adam Hart agreed and confirmed that channel members shouldn’t change their Leviton buying habits in any way.
“Our residential GFCI receptacles don’t look new or different -- they’ve merely been upgraded to address nuisance tripping, and we are proud to announce they meet the new testing standard for high-frequency interoperability,” Hart said. “Our GFCI receptacles offer all of the same great quality, performance, and reliability distributors and contractors have come to expect from these products for generations -- only now with a beneficial new capability designed to minimize the issue of nuisance tripping in modern-day residential applications.”
“At Leviton, we look at the home as a system, not as individual components, and we’re focused on ensuring that the whole system works,” Genovese added. “We want distributors and contractors to know that wherever they place a Leviton GFCI receptacle in a home, it’s been designed to properly power whatever load is connected to it while maintaining the highest safety standards.”
Genovese noted that while customers will begin to see info about the HF rating on packaging in the upcoming months, these upgraded products have already been in the marketplace.
A Complete Solution
“When distributors or contractors encounter nuisance tripping caused by high‑frequency residential appliances, Leviton’s full line of residential GFCI receptacles will solve the problem because they’re all HF-rated,” Hart confirmed. “And for any kitchen renovation projects involving new appliances, Leviton’s GFCI receptacles offer the utmost performance and peace of mind while also representing a great upsell opportunity for both distributors and contractors.”
“Ultimately, if you want to minimize nuisance tripping due to HF inoperability, look to a Leviton GFCI receptacle,” Hart concluded. “It’s a potentially big issue with a very simple fix.”
For more information on Leviton’s High-Frequency (HF) Rated GFCIs, visit the GFCI Product List page or contact your Leviton Sales Representative.
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