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On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:30:59 GMT, <aemeijers@att.net> wrote:
>"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. :^)
So true! Plus at least now I can use this newfound knowledge to help
other people with similar problems. And I got a nice butt toning in
the process.
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Re: replacing regular outlet with GFCI, involving light switch
