I’m bidding a small job that will involve adding an outlet to a GFCI circuit. It’s in a bathroom, and there is a wall between the toilet area and the sink area. There is a GFCI outlet on the sink side and I’m planning on adding a cut-in box on the toilet side and extending the circuit to it.
Can anyone give me a reference to a wiring diagram for this?
Thanks
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I'm sorry, but if you can't figure out this one without a diagram, you shouldn't be wiring.
There are four terminals (plus the ground) on the GFCI outlet, two marked "line" and two marked "load". Of each pair, one is brass and one is silver.
If there are no wires on the "load" terminals it's quite simple -- black on brass, white on silver, ground to the common ground wire bundle. Then on the other end do the same thing (only there's no line/load designation on a standard outlet, so just pick one pair or the other), but make sure the ground wire connects to the ground terminal on the outlet. (If you have a metal box the ground wire must ALSO connect to that.)
If there are already wires on the "load" terminals (eg, to feed the lights) then you'll need to pigtail the wires.
Dan -
I can build and install kitchen cabinets, plumb the sink, tile the counter and backsplash, and install the appliances without missing a beat. Since electrical has never been my strong suit, I limit my wiring work to very basic stuff and still double check if I'm not absolutely certain. As that great American Clint Eastwood said, "A man has to know his limitations".
Actually, I'll have my electrician buddy do this. Just after I posted my question, he called and has a hole in his schedule.
You have too options.
One is to connect the wire to the LOAD SIDE TERMINASL on the GFCI for the H&N. The load terminals are so marked, but coves with a label over it to prevent accidential connecting the incoming power to it. If the existing one does not have the load terminals or does not have the sticker over them it is old enough that it should be replaced with a new GFCI. then install an plain receptacle in the new box.
The other option is to pigtail the income line (or use the backwire which will take 2 wires on each side) and then install another GFCI receptacle in the new box.
In all cases the grounnd are all connected together.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.