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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on January 23, 2008, 2:23 pm
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> > If you make it the first device after the breaker, then any outlets that=
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> > >I want to replace the standard outlet in my bathroom with a GFCI...
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> > > My question is... does it need to be placed in a particular place
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> Clarification: "any outlets that come after it will also be protected"
> if and only if the downstream outlets are attached to the "load"
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the hardest part of installing GFCIs are old boxes that are physically
too small for them to fit
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