How many outlets on gfci

The only difference being the face plate attached to the receptacle during manufacture, and the price in the store. Teken Well-known member. Charles in GA said:. FlyNFuzz New member. Joined Oct 28, Messages 1. The load side has 3 additional 15 amp outlets. These are located within about 15 feet of run, in the next room. The GFCI outlet and the next outlet in the run work fine. But whenever any item is plugged into outlet 2 or outlet 3, the GFCI immediately trips.

Outlets 2 and 3 in the run - the ones that immediately trip the GFCI whenever any load is plugged in - also indicate that they're correctly wired. How can the tester indicate correct wiring while the fault button won't trip the GFCI on either of these two outlets, but anything else plugged into either outlet immediately trips the GFCI?

I have a fairly new 15 amp GFCI in a kitchen counter outlet. Kevin C Well-known member. Do outlets 2 and 3 work when the GFCI is tripped? If you haven't checked, do so, it may be that they are wired to the line side rather than the load side of the GFCI and are not protected by it.

If you didn't wire it, there is no telling what some flunky electricians helper did. Last edited: Oct 29, Zrxpilot Well-known member. Joined Nov 19, Messages Found them ebay for like 5 bucks a pop. Perhaps they are all that way but these 20amp outlets had very nice push-thru wire clamps that fit 12g wire.

However, a amp GFCI outlet may not be installed to a amp circuit. If you are looking to install a amp outlet, make sure:. For commercial and industrial power distribution, the circuit breakers will have a higher amperage.

If you want to calculate how many outlets can be installed on a volt and amp circuit, its simple. Lucky for you we took the math out of the equation and made this chart. Total Outlets Allowed. Lighting, for example is normally run on a amp circuit. Neither Westlake nor any contributor can be held responsible for damages or injuries resulting from the use of the information in this document. Do all of the outlets in my kitchen need to have ground-fault circuit interrupters?

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