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GFCI wiring procedure dclutch 01-09-2007
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Posted by dclutch on January 9, 2007, 3:17 pm


On my old GFCI the Line wires and Load wires are spliced together and
pigtailed into the GFCI to not protect the outlets downstream. I'm trying
to install a Leviton GFCI with Smartlock and when I try to wire it the
same way it will not reset. I do not want to protect the outlets
downstream of the GFIC. Is there a way around this? David Jasinski

Posted by CJT on January 9, 2007, 3:22 pm


dclutch wrote:

> On my old GFCI the Line wires and Load wires are spliced together and
> pigtailed into the GFCI to not protect the outlets downstream. I'm trying
> to install a Leviton GFCI with Smartlock and when I try to wire it the
> same way it will not reset. I do not want to protect the outlets
> downstream of the GFIC. Is there a way around this? David Jasinski

It sounds like you have a ready-made built-in fault. Why would you not
want to resolve it properly?

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Posted by Chris Friesen on January 9, 2007, 3:27 pm


dclutch wrote:
> I'm trying
> to install a Leviton GFCI with Smartlock and when I try to wire it the
> same way it will not reset. I do not want to protect the outlets
> downstream of the GFIC. Is there a way around this?

Just don't hook anything up to the load wires.

Chris

Posted by RBM on January 9, 2007, 3:38 pm


There is no reason why it shouldn't work. Units with smart lock won't reset
unless you've turned the power back on.

> On my old GFCI the Line wires and Load wires are spliced together and
> pigtailed into the GFCI to not protect the outlets downstream. I'm trying
> to install a Leviton GFCI with Smartlock and when I try to wire it the
> same way it will not reset. I do not want to protect the outlets
> downstream of the GFIC. Is there a way around this? David Jasinski



Posted by Bewildered on January 9, 2007, 4:36 pm



> On my old GFCI the Line wires and Load wires are spliced together and
> pigtailed into the GFCI to not protect the outlets downstream. I'm trying
> to install a Leviton GFCI with Smartlock and when I try to wire it the
> same way it will not reset. I do not want to protect the outlets
> downstream of the GFIC. Is there a way around this? David Jasinski

The smartlock, unlike other GFCIs, will not send power to the "line" side if
it is installed backwards. This is to specifically prevent what you want to
do.
Are you absolutely sure that is not what you are doing?

If you are pigtailing it, the GFCI would have no way to affect the pigtailed
circuit since they don't go through the device. So what ever your problem
is, it does not involve the GFCI.



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