You know what, I have been experiment with them now since that video and surprisingly I have grown to like them somewhat. I will be touching on them again in the future.
Unless you want the GFCI receptacle to be switched, keep the switch on the load side. Even better is to have the switch and GFCI separate, as there is no requirement for lights to be GFCI protected. Of course, unless that is a dedicated circuit for just that bathroom, there is no reason a light and GFCI receptacle should be on the same circuit.
@Mountaineer Outdoors Bathrooms are required to be on one or more dedicated branch circuits per NEC 210.11(C)(3), which is why I was saying lights and GFCIs should not be on the same circuit. There is an exception for a dedicated bathroom circuit supplying a single bathroom. Ditto the above for kitchen and microwave circuits and garage circuits. I should have clarified there are code reasons not to have GFCIs and lights on the same circuit in many instances, but no electrical reason not to.
🤣🤣🤣 man, no seasoned electrician gonna be perplexed by by this! We know the load return MUST be terminated back into the gfci for it to ever work! 🤣 and if an electrician is stumped by this then he or she is probably a month into their apprenticeship!
If your GFI was working and started to act silly it may be good to replace it they do go bad often. I agree about the wire connectors. Yes I am an electrician.
Hi, why isn't the line voltage (hot & neutral) first entering the GFCI outlet and then outward (load), i. e. hot to the switch, out of the switch and both hot & neutral to the light? Every outlet on our kitchen counter and all the wall outlets, including all the kitchen lights are powered by the load on the first outlet (gfci) on the kitchen counter, for years now.
Great video, well presented and easy to follow. I'd like to see how to wire and install a car charging station for my house, from the breaker box right through to the outdoor charger. Not sure if that's too expensive to demo, so maybe just diagrams and a walk through?
The first ad pops up right when you flip to switch to show the gfci trip which doesn’t allow the viewer to actually see the light turn off.. would suggest moving for better viewer experience
Great idea I didn't know that. They place them in the videos wherever. I believe that I can move them and I will look into for sure. Thanks for the heads up and watching and commenting
Dude, if I were you, I’d stay away from electrical and plumbing work. How long did it take you to reinvent the wheel!!! What you showed in your video is a mistake 101 that can be prevented by anyone who can read the manual even if they aren’t electrician Stay away from electrical and plumbing work
No good, seasoned electrician would wire that switch in either manner or be baffled by this. Bathroom lighting circuits do not need gfci protection. An electrician would know this. If this were an outside light then yes.
so much talking and so many more wires because of the switch. Why don't you just show how to do it and be finished. Very hard to follow big fingers pointing everywhere
