Upgrade 3-wire receptical to GFCI


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Old 07-02-14, 01:16 PM
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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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Old 07-02-14, 01:26 PM
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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?
You can't. GFCIs can't be split into to separate circuits. A GFCI breaker on each circuit is the simplest solution.

Assumes two circuits on different breakers but would also apply to a half switched receptacle on one breaker.
 
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Old 07-02-14, 01:37 PM
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Thank you for the quick response. If I double up the receptacles (use 2 GFI's) would that work?
 
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Old 07-02-14, 02:29 PM
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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.
 
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Old 07-02-14, 03:53 PM
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You are going to need some sort of test meter to troubleshoot this.
 
 

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