On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:20:18 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

KLS 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 don't, and I can't 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.