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GFCI wiring procedure dclutch 01-09-2007
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Posted by Mark Lloyd on January 10, 2007, 8:02 pm


On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:42:43 GMT, spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller)
wrote:

>
>>There's something ambiguous here. Does "the line and load wires are
>>spliced together." refer to the wires coming from the LINE and LOAD
>>terminals of the GFCI (wrong) or does it refer to the wires coming
>>into and out of the box?
>
>Phooey. There's no ambiguity about it. In plain English, "A and B are spliced
>together" means they are spliced to _each_other_.
>

Did you actually read what I said, about the difference between the
connections on the GFCI and the wires coming into the box? WHICH A
goes to WHICH B?

>That may, or may not, be what the OP _intended_ to write, but it certainly is
>what he _did_ write.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent
force for atheism ever conceived." -- Isaac Asimov

Posted by on January 10, 2007, 11:21 am


When I see "pigtailed" in reference to GFCI wiring, I already know it's
wired wrong.


Posted by Doug Miller on January 10, 2007, 11:45 am


scott21230@gmail.com wrote:
>When I see "pigtailed" in reference to GFCI wiring, I already know it's
>wired wrong.
>
Guess again. Pigtailed is exactly how you *should* wire it, if you intend for
the GFCI to *not* protect any downstream outlets. We can debate all day long
whether such an intention is wise, prudent, reasonable, etc. but it
unquestionably is not "wrong".

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Posted by on January 10, 2007, 1:36 pm


On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:45:07 GMT, spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller)
wrote:

scott21230@gmail.com wrote:
>>When I see "pigtailed" in reference to GFCI wiring, I already know it's
>>wired wrong.
>>
>Guess again. Pigtailed is exactly how you *should* wire it, if you intend for
>the GFCI to *not* protect any downstream outlets. We can debate all day long
>whether such an intention is wise, prudent, reasonable, etc. but it
>unquestionably is not "wrong".


Most new GFCIs have dual terminations on each screw so you gan
effectively "pigtail" the connection in the device. The exception is
if this is on the load side of a multiwire circuit where the code says
you must not use the device to complete the neutral circuit.

Posted by Tom Horne, Electrician on January 12, 2007, 10:30 am


scott21230@gmail.com wrote:
> When I see "pigtailed" in reference to GFCI wiring, I already know it's
> wired wrong.
>

It's not wrong if all the installer intends to do is protect the outlet
built into the GFCI. It is in fact best practice to not protect outlets
in a different room with a feed through receptacle type GFCI so that
when the GFCI opens on a fault the user has a better chance of finding
the problem in the same room as the GFCI.
--
Tom Horne

"This alternating current stuff is just a fad. It is much too dangerous
for general use." Thomas Alva Edison

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