On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:51:18 -0700 (PDT), N8N wrote:

On Aug 10, 1:21*am, "NotMe" wrote:
"Taylor Hughes" wrote in message

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A townhouse built in 1980 has outlets in two bathrooms sharing a circuit
with an outdoor receptacle. *The GFCI is in the outdoor receptacle, so if
you trip it in the bathroom you have to go outside to reset.

Does this meet codes, either in 1980 or currently (2008 NEC)? *It seems a
bit ridiculous to have to go outside, but am interested in the
legal/safety standpoint.

I think it's with in code. *But if it's a problem just move the GFI to one
of the inside outlets.

May not be possible depending on how the circuit is run. I'm guessing
it was done that way because the cable goes from the panel to the
outside recep and then hits the bathrooms. OP could replace the GFCI
recep with a standard recep, then replace the breaker with a GFCI
breaker. Or rewire...

No, just do as gfretwell suggested; put a GFCI outlet in each location. You
really don't want to have to traipse back to the breaker panel to reset a
GFCI.