GFIs can protect ordinary outlets downstream

Electrical · Lights, Outlets and Switches · printed page 104 (PDF page 105)

Book index entries

Electric GFIs Protect Ordinary Outlets Downstream Electric Outlets – Protection by GFIs Ground-Fault Interrupters Protect Ordinary Outlets Downstream

Text in the illustration

TEST
RESET
main floor washroom GFI
basement bathroom
master bedroom bathroom
main second floor bathroom
builders often use one GFI (often in a mainfloor washroom) to protect all of the bathroom outlets in the house

Generated explanation

The illustration shows a main-floor washroom ground-fault interrupter (GFI) receptacle connected to three ordinary duplex receptacles downstream. The connecting cable path runs to a basement bathroom outlet, then a master bedroom bathroom outlet, and finally a main second-floor bathroom outlet. The GFI receptacle has TEST and RESET buttons, while the downstream receptacles do not. An annotation explains that builders often use one GFI to protect all bathroom outlets in the house; individual terminal connections are not shown.

Components

GFI receptacle ordinary duplex receptacles electrical cables receptacle cover plates test and reset buttons