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"KLS" <xymergy@suds.com> wrote in message
news:ekq9t29c83i9jr1ekijjl6m39r8tt1baie@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:20:18 +0000 (UTC), ranck@vt.edu wrote:
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>>KLS <xymergy@suds.com> wrote:
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>>> 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.
>
> Bill, you are exactly right. I figured this out on my own yesterday
> after countless trips up and down the stairs to the attic from the
> basement (this is a 2-story house with full basement and finished
> attic, so we're talking three flights of stairs here) and could have
> throttled something. I did in fact have the lines incorrectly
> connected. All is well now, thank goodness.
Look at it this way- you now know this little tidbit forever, and all it
cost you was some time and a little exercise. Most of my self-taught
learned-the-hard-way electro-mechanical lessons have been <considerably>
more expensive. :^)
aem sends...
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Re: replacing regular outlet with GFCI, involving light switch
