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   Richie921 | Dec 20, 2006 04:17am | #1

   Yes, just pigtail off the neutral and feed in each box to the receptacle's line side instead of splicing through the receptacle.

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   ewb | Dec 20, 2006 04:26am | #3

   Rich,

   Not quite sure what you mean.  In my situation, the two exterior outlets that I want GFI protected only have a single leg running to them.  I'm not sure where they junction from, but are on the same circuit. (old, non-code house).  Gist of it is, can I have two GFI's on the same circuit,...ie.swap out the two standard outlets with GFI's with out as problem?

   Ed

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   BillHartmann | Dec 20, 2006 05:05am | #4

   Yes.GFIC's only care about their receptacle and what (if any) is connected downstream.You can have any mix of regular and GFCI receptacles on a circuit that you want..
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   Richie921 | Dec 20, 2006 06:57am | #5

   Ditto. Yes you can do it without a problem

    

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   BillHartmann | Dec 20, 2006 04:21am | #2

   Yes, it is done all the time.

   For example on a kitchen small appliance circuit you can have the refigerator on one of them. But only those that serve the countertops needs to be GFCI protected.

   Or in a bathroom you can all one 20 amp circuit serve lights, fan, and receptacles in ONE bathroom.

   In that case you the receptacles are protected, but you don't want to protect the lights.

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   user-246820 | Dec 20, 2006 07:13am | #6

   Yes, sometimes it is desirable to have several GFI's on the same circuit rather than feeding several outlets all from one GFI. I have seen several situations where an outlet was dead and the homeowner could not figure out why. Turns out the GFI protecting that outlet had tripped, but was located somewhere else, and the owner didn't know where. So the electrician got the job of locating the button to push. It makes sense in some situations to not GFI protect plugs that are in a different room.

   On the last one I helped with, an outside outlet was suddenly dead. No explanation, except that I was nearby, so it must have been my fault. My first guess was that the outside plug was GFI protected in the kitchen, but the two kitchen GFI's were good. After a half hour of searching and head scratching, I discovered another GFI in the kitchen hiding behind a blender. Who would have thought there would be three circuits on one kitchen counter? Anyway, it made sense in that case to rewire the outside outlet with it's own GFI, so that when it pops, anyone could find it. 

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   BillHartmann | Dec 20, 2006 08:01am | #7

   That did not meet code as the outside receptacle should not be on a kitchen small appliance circuit.But there are a number of legal ones that even worse.Older codes allowed exterior receptacles to be on bathroom circuits. And sometimes they are on something like a 2nd floor bath.But even under current codes they can be in the garage or a crawspace.Some have been found in closets..
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   Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.