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  • Jun 19, 2013, 04:48 PM
    markmanning
    Electrical questions and answers free
    I recently installed a new bedroom circuit with 10 receptacles and hooked up a 15 amp GFCI breaker into the panel. Once I hooked up the breaker there were no receptacles working on the line. My tester indicated that the line leaving the breaker was hot, but none of the receptacles work. What is the best way to correct this? Try a regular breaker or run a circuit tracer to determine where the open line is?
    Thanks Mark
  • Jun 19, 2013, 07:24 PM
    ma0641
    Bedroom should have an AFCI, not a GFCI. If it is hot out of the breaker, as you indicate, then the problem must be in your wiring to the outlets. Any Junction box? Replace GFCI with AFCI to meet code.
  • Jun 19, 2013, 07:28 PM
    hkstroud
    Did you install the GFCI breaker correctly? If this is a circuit for bedroom outlets only, no bath, kitchen, garage or exterior outlets, you don't need a GFCI. You do need an arcfault breaker by latest code.

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