Upgrade 3-wire receptical to GFCI
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Upgrade 3-wire receptical to GFCI
Hello - I have some old receptacles wired with 3-wires (red, black, white). On 2 of them the tab on the hot side is broken. On the 3rd receptacle they are actually jumpered. I want to replace them all with Cooper VGF15W-3 GFCI outlets as they are all behind my kitchen counter. How do I connect the new GFCI outlets with this wiring?
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two of them the tab on the hot side is broken....
How do I connect the new GFCI outlets with this wiring?
How do I connect the new GFCI outlets with this wiring?
Assumes two circuits on different breakers but would also apply to a half switched receptacle on one breaker.
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You will need to only use one hot on the GFI. The neutral will need to be pigtailed where the circuit splits into black and red.
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Thank you. After this is done, using 2 GFI's - can you think of any reason why only one would work? I have a feeling that one of the sockets in the original outlet didn't work before, but I attributed it to a bad receptacle.