In article , "toller" wrote:
Your 1983 house does not have to meet current code, unless you do
improvements on the areas in question. It would be good to have GFCI in
those areas, but code does not require it.

You are aware that if the first outlet on a circuit is GFCI, then all the
rest are as well, aren't you?

I hope he's *not* aware of that, because it's a false statement. Or, at least,
it's not necessarily true.

GFCI receptacles *can* be wired to protect the remainder of the circuit, but
they don't *have* to be. Unless you pull it out to check the connections, or
verify the other receptacles with a tester, you have no way of knowing whether
this is true or not.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?