Hello Everyone, I have an older home built in the 50's, two prong no ground outlets. I was replacing several with GFCI outlets as per code requirements. Everything going smoothly until the last one. I took the outlet out and noticed wedged in the back of the box were several wires wrapped with electrical tape. I have spent the last few hours untangling the mess and here is what I have discovered. There are three load and one line coming into the outlet box. Someone had spliced the loads into the line and wrapped the whole mess with electrical tape. Coming off of the tape was a single line (White/Black) connecting to the outlet. I have traced the loads down. One goes to an outlet in the kitchen, the other to the kitchen light (Overhead), the last one goes to an outside light and another outlet in the living room. The outlet I was replacing is located in my living room on the opposite wall of my kitchen. It has been this way for many years as I have had no reason to inspect that outlet. I wanted to plug a power-strip into that outlet and needed a ground plug. Found out I could replace it with a GFCI outlet as long as it was properly labeled. I know I can run one load off of the outlet. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do with the other two?? I did notice on the back of the Leviton GFCI outlet there are connections for two separate loads. Can you run two loads off of one outlet?? I could skip the third load as it runs to a single outlet above my stove for a clock. I don't use it anyway. I would appreciate any help. Thanks.... Rob

Never ran a new circuit but for curiosity for the future.... I thought code required the wire be secured to say a 2x4 within 8" (?) of the outlet via staples. How does one do that when pulling the wire behind drywall down to a lower location? :confused: