Weird GFCI wiring
 

I have power coming into a GFCI outlet in my bathroom. Power then goes to
the bathroom switch which controls the bathroom light and a switch in the
hallway which controls the hallway lights. Everything works fine except
when I trip the GFCI outlet. When it's tripped the hallway lights don't
work (I suspect this is normal) but the bathroom light gets constant
power! What did I do wrong?


Stacy
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Weird GFCI wiring
 

"stacyg" wrote in message
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I have power coming into a GFCI outlet in my bathroom. Power then goes to
the bathroom switch which controls the bathroom light and a switch in the
hallway which controls the hallway lights. Everything works fine except
when I trip the GFCI outlet. When it's tripped the hallway lights don't
work (I suspect this is normal) but the bathroom light gets constant
power! What did I do wrong?


Stacy
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Neither the bathroom lights or the hall lights are required to be GFCI
protected. You can pigtail their hot wires to the line side of the GFCI
outlet. You clearly are mistaken about the wiring. It would appear that
the hot wire goes to the bathroom switch first, then the GFCI outlet, then
off the outlet load terminals to the hall switch



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On Sep 20, 12:31*pm,
(stacyg) wrote:
I have power coming into a GFCI outlet in my bathroom. *Power then goes to
the bathroom switch which controls the bathroom light and a switch in the
hallway which controls the hallway lights. *Everything works fine except
when I trip the GFCI outlet. *When it's tripped the hallway lights don't
work (I suspect this is normal) but the bathroom light gets constant
power! *What did I do wrong?

Stacy


A quick & dirty.....

seems like hallway lights wired to "Load", bath room light wired to
"Line"


reverse the wiring & everything should be fine

well except for the fact that dedicated bathroom circuit should only
power the bathroom.

cheers
Bob

Weird GFCI wiring
 

"stacyg" wrote in message
...
I have power coming into a GFCI outlet in my bathroom. Power then goes to
the bathroom switch which controls the bathroom light and a switch in the
hallway which controls the hallway lights. Everything works fine except
when I trip the GFCI outlet. When it's tripped the hallway lights don't
work (I suspect this is normal) but the bathroom light gets constant
power! What did I do wrong?


Stacy
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some moron screwed up wiring



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Weird GFCI wiring
 

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:47:57 -0400, "Old and Grunpy" t.
wrote:


"stacyg" wrote in message
. ..
I have power coming into a GFCI outlet in my bathroom. Power then goes to
the bathroom switch which controls the bathroom light and a switch in the
hallway which controls the hallway lights. Everything works fine except
when I trip the GFCI outlet. When it's tripped the hallway lights don't
work (I suspect this is normal) but the bathroom light gets constant
power! What did I do wrong?


Stacy
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some moron screwed up wiring

I couldn't figure out how to wire that bathroom light, so it would
fail as the OP described.

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