Newly installed GFCI on old house doesn't work!
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Newly installed GFCI on old house doesn't work!
I have a 1960s house with no ground wire at the outlets. I wanted to install GFCIs to replace regular, old outlets. I installed a GFCI in the master bath that just had two wires. It works fine. The other bath has four wires (2 hots and 2 neutrals) and the kitchen outlet next to the sink has six. The load side hots and neutrals are pigtailed.
When I installed the GFCI, with all the wires attached the same, there was no power in the outlet. In the kitchen not only did I have no power, but the kitchen lights would not work. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance for the help!
When I installed the GFCI, with all the wires attached the same, there was no power in the outlet. In the kitchen not only did I have no power, but the kitchen lights would not work. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance for the help!
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Of course I turn the power back on. I ended up installing a non-GFCI outlet and it works totally fine. I had the same issue with GFCI outlets on another house and never figured it out.
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Do you want all the devices / plugs / lights down stream of the GFCI receptacle to be protected ?
If not , tie all the whites together , w/a white pigtail to the line neutral / white on the GFCI receptacle . So the same with the blacks w/a black pigtail to the line black / hot .
If you want downstream protection , you will have to determine ( as someone has said ) the incoming white / neutral & black / hot & tir them into line . Tir the rest of the whites and blacks to their respective load terminals .
And , yes , as has been stated , the GFCI receptacle will work w/o an earth ground .
God bless
Wyr
If not , tie all the whites together , w/a white pigtail to the line neutral / white on the GFCI receptacle . So the same with the blacks w/a black pigtail to the line black / hot .
If you want downstream protection , you will have to determine ( as someone has said ) the incoming white / neutral & black / hot & tir them into line . Tir the rest of the whites and blacks to their respective load terminals .
And , yes , as has been stated , the GFCI receptacle will work w/o an earth ground .
God bless
Wyr