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northe
Jul 18, 2005, 02:34 PM
My kitchen is wired with alternating receptacles on a 12/3 wire. Can I get these GFCI protected? I tried hooking up the 12/3 through 2 GFCI receptacles to feed the alternating circuits, but it doesn't make sense and appears that I can't do it that way (how do you get 2 GFI circuits off one neutral?). Is it possible to do it off 2 GFCI receptacles? If not, can I do it from a multi-pole GFCI breaker (heard about it on the web)? Can I do anything except fish new 12/2 wires through the kitchen?

Thanks,

Ed

tkrussell
Jul 18, 2005, 05:49 PM
Using the 2 pole GFI breaker that has a neutral connection will suffice. The only drawback will be both circuits will be interupppted if the GFI trips due to a fault on either of the circuits.

A single pole GFI device will not work with a shared neutral circuit.