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03-29-2007

RBM

Eric9822

RBM

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Posted by DB on March 29, 2007, 10:39 pm

> After the last one had me going, I can't wait to see how this one

> transpires..

> Searcher

The last one In retrospect dumping the salt OUT OF the bags into wheel
barrow ( clean) spreading around the pool with shovel might of been a better
idea, to bad I didn't think of that.

Posted by RBM on March 29, 2007, 10:47 pm

No, nothing wrong with that. Just make sure the terminals are tight on the
wires. My preference is to splice the wires together with pigtails to the
outlet

> I'm putting a GFCI in a bathroom. Ideally I would use the load terminals

> and protect the other outlets downstream too. Unfortunately down line from

> the GFCI is a refrigerator. I don't want the fridge on a GFCI circuit

> because they occaisionally phantom trip and I don't want a bunch of

> spoiled food. The GFCI has 4 terminals for Line, 2 neutral and 2 hot and 4

> terminals for load 2 neutral and 2 hot. Is there any reason including the

> NEC that the load wires cannot just be wired to the extra line terminals

> to bypass the GFCI and allow power to the fridge even if the GFCI trips?

> Yes I understand none of the outlets after the GFCI will be protected as

> they would be if they were wired to "load", and I will take care of that

> when I add GFCI to the kitchenette where the fridge is in whatever way

> will work best depending on exactly where, electrically speaking, in the

> daisy chain the fridge outlet is. The GFCI is one of the idiot proof ones

> that comes tripped and supposedly won't reset until it's correctly wired.

> Testing it out it works fine wired this way as far as the test and reset

> buttons on it go. Is there any practical reason, including the NEC, not

> to do it this way? I appreciate good responses but please don't answer if

> you don't know anything about wiring or are wondering what NEC, load or

> line means.

> Thanks.

Posted by Eric9822 on March 30, 2007, 1:14 am

> No, nothing wrong with that. Just make sure the terminals are tight on the

> wires. My preference is to splice the wires together with pigtails to the

> outlet

> > I'm putting a GFCI in a bathroom. Ideally I would use the load terminals

> > and protect the other outlets downstream too. Unfortunately down line from

> > the GFCI is a refrigerator. I don't want the fridge on a GFCI circuit

> > because they occaisionally phantom trip and I don't want a bunch of

> > spoiled food. The GFCI has 4 terminals for Line, 2 neutral and 2 hot and 4

> > terminals for load 2 neutral and 2 hot. Is there any reason including the

> > NEC that the load wires cannot just be wired to the extra line terminals

> > to bypass the GFCI and allow power to the fridge even if the GFCI trips?

> > Yes I understand none of the outlets after the GFCI will be protected as

> > they would be if they were wired to "load", and I will take care of that

> > when I add GFCI to the kitchenette where the fridge is in whatever way

> > will work best depending on exactly where, electrically speaking, in the

> > daisy chain the fridge outlet is. The GFCI is one of the idiot proof ones

> > that comes tripped and supposedly won't reset until it's correctly wired.

> > Testing it out it works fine wired this way as far as the test and reset

> > buttons on it go. Is there any practical reason, including the NEC, not

> > to do it this way? I appreciate good responses but please don't answer if

> > you don't know anything about wiring or are wondering what NEC, load or

> > line means.

> > Thanks.- Hide quoted text -

> - Show quoted text -

As RBM states what you are suggesting will work. However, per current
code a bathroom circuit shouldn't be supplying anything outside a
bathroom.

Posted by RBM on March 30, 2007, 7:09 am

The current code wouldn't apply to a preexisting condition. Essentially he's
just changing the receptacle for a GFCI type which is fine

>> No, nothing wrong with that. Just make sure the terminals are tight on

>> the

>> wires. My preference is to splice the wires together with pigtails to the

>> outlet

>> > I'm putting a GFCI in a bathroom. Ideally I would use the load

>> > terminals

>> > and protect the other outlets downstream too. Unfortunately down line

>> > from

>> > the GFCI is a refrigerator. I don't want the fridge on a GFCI circuit

>> > because they occaisionally phantom trip and I don't want a bunch of

>> > spoiled food. The GFCI has 4 terminals for Line, 2 neutral and 2 hot

>> > and 4

>> > terminals for load 2 neutral and 2 hot. Is there any reason including

>> > the

>> > NEC that the load wires cannot just be wired to the extra line

>> > terminals

>> > to bypass the GFCI and allow power to the fridge even if the GFCI

>> > trips?

>> > Yes I understand none of the outlets after the GFCI will be protected

>> > as

>> > they would be if they were wired to "load", and I will take care of

>> > that

>> > when I add GFCI to the kitchenette where the fridge is in whatever way

>> > will work best depending on exactly where, electrically speaking, in

>> > the

>> > daisy chain the fridge outlet is. The GFCI is one of the idiot proof

>> > ones

>> > that comes tripped and supposedly won't reset until it's correctly

>> > wired.

>> > Testing it out it works fine wired this way as far as the test and

>> > reset

>> > buttons on it go. Is there any practical reason, including the NEC,

>> > not

>> > to do it this way? I appreciate good responses but please don't answer

>> > if

>> > you don't know anything about wiring or are wondering what NEC, load or

>> > line means.

>> > Thanks.- Hide quoted text -

>> - Show quoted text -

> As RBM states what you are suggesting will work. However, per current

> code a bathroom circuit shouldn't be supplying anything outside a

> bathroom.

Posted by Eric9822 on March 30, 2007, 12:16 pm

> After the last one had me going, I can't wait to see how this one

> transpires..

> Searcher

The last one In retrospect dumping the salt OUT OF the bags into wheel
barrow ( clean) spreading around the pool with shovel might of been a better
idea, to bad I didn't think of that.

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