Breathtaking Wiring A Ground Fault Plug

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Wiring a ground fault plug. More about wiring a gfci outlet. Connect the power wire black to the line set and the white wire to the load set on the gfci outlet. Locate your ground wire.

Connect your ground wire to the outlet. Select the right screws. You can test this with a gfci plug in tester and you will see that it works just fine.

Correctly wired gfcis will also protect other outlets on the same circuit. Wrap the ground around the ground screw and tighten it. You can replace almost any electrical outlet with a gfci outlet.

However if the gfci outlet is installed in a metal outlet box then a wire may be installed from the ground terminal of the gfci outlet and bonded to the metal outlet box. This diagram illustrates the wiring for multiple ground fault circuit interrupter receptacles with an unprotected duplex receptacle at the end of the circuit. Loosen the screw slide the wire in and tighten it.

Gfci outlets reduce the danger of deadly shock from faulty plug in cords and devices. Now connect the ground wire to the green screw on the gfci plug. To properly wire gfci or ground fault circuit interrupter receptacles turn off the power to the circuit you re working on and unscrew the cover plate on the outlet box.

A gfci ground fault circuit interrupter is a special type of outlet that detects dangerous ground faults and immediately turns off the power to stop shocks. The gfci will still sense when there is a ground fault. With this wiring each gfci provides single location protection and the last outlet in the series is not protected from ground faults.