Blank Face GFCI with "WR" marking for Inground Pool Light

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FreedomPool

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My Pool Light GFCI is dead again. Pool builder replaced it several years ago, but it's dead again. I went to the local store and found/bought a similar blank face GFCI and after reading the instructions it said it was not "WR" (weather resistant). Apparently NEC code requires outdoor GFCI to be marked with the "WR" code clearly visible after installation - meaning somewhere on the face surface, and with a covered housing.
Looking at the (dead) GFCI currently installed it also does not have any "WR" markings (did they install the wrong one?).

Regardless, after much internet searching I cannot locate any blank face GFCI with WR markings. At this point, I am planning to buy a duplex GFCI with visible WR markings and just plug the receptacle with the child-proof plugs.

Does anyone know of a blank face GFCI with WR markings?
 
I know it's not what you asked, but would a better solution be to use a GFCI circuit breaker? I use one for my pool lights/SWCG and a second breaker for a circuit of backyard outlets and have been very happy.
 
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Thanks all for the suggestions. After reading online about failures of pool GFCI that aren't weather resistant (fail to trip) I decided to just go with the WR duplex outlet and plug the outlet rather than using something not designed/intended for the point of use and potentially unsafe.
Specific thanks to nobody291 for the breaker suggestion. If I was doing it again I would surely go that way. For now I did not want the hassle of two GFCI in series or the effort of removing the outdoor one.
 
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