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Why are there two cables connected to this GFCI outlet?
I'm trying to add a new GFCI outlet by splitting and using pigtails off an existing GFCI outlet. However, when I opened out the junction box I noticed that there are two sets of wires attached to the ...
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Adding outlets to a room via daisy chain using wiremold raceway
I'm moving into a "new" apartment in a very old house. Most of the rooms have one 2 prong ungrounded outlet which nowadays just isn't enough (or safe for very high draw electronics imo).
I'...
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Level 1 car charger causing outlets and lines to break
I have a Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid that uses a Level-1 charger (120V) which seems to be doing damage to or breaking outlets/lines in my home. The situation is the following:
I had been using an ...
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Can I leave standard outlets in kitchen if they’re connected to GFCI outlet?
So basically all outlets in our house that should be GFCI are currently standard outlets (at least 2 in kitchen, 1 in garage, maybe others in bathroom but not sure).
However, they are all wired to a ...
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Need to install a new outlet : from Light Fixture or GFCI? How to go about it?
I need to install a new electrical outlet in the bathroom, that would connect to the vanity as well as a new bidet in the future. I have two sources for this:
Vanity light fixture, that's connected ...
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Installing gfci on chained 2-prong receptacles in a room
I have 4 2-prong receptacles in my room and I want to get them converted to 3 prong so that I don't have to use any adaptor for my devices. I opened them and saw that there is no ground wire in these(...
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Why are wires connected only to the line side of one GFCI outlet?
I am replacing two 25-year-old (original) GFCI outlets in my kitchen with these:
I am confused as to why they are wired differently (one has both sets of leads in to/out of same contact screws, the ...
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Why do I get power from line through load's neutral?
I replaced a GFCI outlet. The old one was good, but I wanted one with USB sockets. After removing the old outlet, I double checked the wiring. One black wire was hot and the other was not. So ...
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How to replace outlet and switch combo with GFCI and dimmer where two white wires were going into outlet?
I have an outlet and light switch combo box in a bathroom that I’d like to upgrade to a dimmer switch and a GFCI outlet. The dimmer switch replacement works fine, but there are two white cables and ...
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What to do with ground wire downstream from ungrounded GFCI?
I am replacing an ungrounded receptacle with a GFCI receptacle, and I will be adding two new receptacles downstream from the GFCI receptacle.
In another post, someone had quoted from one of the code ...
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Outlet and lights not working
Wanted to post this here to see if I could get any tips or things I’ve missed
I have a Lennar built home in 2019.
A few days ago my wife was using a hair dryer in mater bedroom and all of a sudden ...
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Replaces switches and outlets. None of the outlets are working
We replaced out our old outlets and switches in our kitchen. All of the switches work, and none of the outlets will work. The ones we didn’t touch all work!
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New GFCI Tamper Resistant Outlet not working
Purchased a new Leviton Tamper-Resistant GFCI Outlet. Installed it and the green light comes on, but when I plug something into it, it doesn't come on. Tried something else that I know works and ...
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Can I wire a MWBC with GFCI's using separate neutral wires on the load terminals?
I want to wire the circuit shown in the attached image in my garage. I want to have two circuits, and they need to be GFCI protected due to being in the garage. I've read through a number of posts ...
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Sparks when wiring a plug
I turned off the breakers to
The garage but I guess I still had power to the bad gfci that I was replacing. At the end of the install the ground wire touched the hot wire and sparked. The breaker did ...
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