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KLS <xymergy@suds.com> wrote:
> This is a bathroom with a light controlled by a switch. It also has an
> outlet by the sink, and both the light and the outlet are on the same
> circuit. The switch turns off both the outlet and the light.
> Everything worked just fine with a regular outlet, but now the lights
> won't turn on or off with the GFCI outlet in place. The outlet has
> power, but the lights do not, and I cannot figure out why.
Does the GFCI test button work? If not, you have probably wired it
up with the line power going to the "load" side of the outlet and the
light being wired to the "line" side.
Take the outlet out and undo the wires. One pair of black and white
wires should have power (with the switch on) and the oterh should not.
Wire the pair with power to the terminals marked "line" on the GFCI
outlet. Wire the other pair to the terminals marked "load." Make
sure you get the black and white wires on the appropriately labeled
terminals also.
Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.
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Re: replacing regular outlet with GFCI, involving light switch
