"Nexus7" writes:

Bill Renfro wrote:
Why do you have 3 GFCI outlets on the same circuit? Only the first
one on
the line needed to be a GFCI and it would protect all the other
outlets
after it. You could also use a single GFCI breaker and then all the
outlets
on that branch circuit would be protected. At least that's the way
mine
work.

I figured if I did it that way, diagnosing a trip or other condition
would required knowing about the upstream outlet. I tried to minimize
such "non-local" effects by just putting GFCIs anywhere that no major
appliances would be plugged in. They were $10 on sale anywway. It's
too bad I have keep some shared neutral circuits because of legacy
issues, another instance where you have to know about the entire system
to work on just part of it.

So, now you will have some random combinatino of GFCIs tripping, rather
than only one.

Realize that there is no guarantee that only the GFCI at the affected
outlet will trip!

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