Is there anything different to wiring a GFCI outlet? I'm considering swapping out a stock GGCI outlet with one that has a USB port so I can potentially add an Aqara camera and presence sensor. I think I can handle a straight swap for a regular outlet, is the GFCI different or more difficult?
No - it is the same (hot, neutral, ground). Where did you find a GFCI plug with built-in USB? Never mind, I should have done a Google search first.
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There is a difference in line vs load terminals. The load side (for other outlets and lights down the same run) is also protected by the gfci.
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True.
This video does a pretty good job of going over things. Just make sure not to mix up the line vs. load wires after you remove the old one.
He also does a great job of covering back-wiring vs. side wiring.
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Off Subject... How do you do the strike through like that?
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Wrap the text with two tilde (~) on each side.
So ~~this is struck through~~ will appear as this is struck through.
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I've seen guys do that for a while and been trying to figure it out with no luck.
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Another useful character is the escape character "\". It causes the following character to be interpreted as is.
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This! I was installing one at a friends house last weekend and mixed them up and wasted time trying to figure out why the outlet wasn’t working. Was a brand new outlet at his dock and I wasn’t thinking when I loaded the wires into the bottom terminals out of habit and the top needed the line and bottom is for load.
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I usually put a marrette on the line to mark it. So when I rewire, I don't need to flip a breaker and get my non-contact tester out ......
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Excellent Superlative
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Great idea. This was a new outlet I added at the entrance of my buddys dock. So no existing wiring and I just terminated the wires to the bottom terminals out of habit where this particular brand of GFI wanted line to the top terminals.
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What is that ?
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I had to look it up too, lol. Wire nut.
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Good call -- I was going to warn about this same thing too... Different manufacturers flip those locations, so you have to be careful when swapping a replacement (ask me how I know lol)
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Never heard it called that either.
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