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Ground fault outlet
Oneill474
Nov 28, 2008, 02:16 PM
If you have a ground fault outlet installed, will that protect the rest of
The outlets under the same circuit??
ZoeMarie
Nov 28, 2008, 02:20 PM
When wired correctly, yes.
donf
Nov 28, 2008, 03:29 PM
Careful. The answer is yes, providing the outlet is wired to pass the protection down stream of it.
GFCI outlets can be wired to protect just themselves or protect the following string of outlets.