Home Improvement Asked on July 15, 2021
I have a kitchen outlet that I’m trying to install a GFCI. I’ve identified the line wires and load wires. The black line wire is hot. I connected the line wires to the appropriate terminals. I connected the load wires to their appropriate terminals. I do not have any power to the outlet. What could be wrong?
GFCI connections (like many other things) work best when handled step-by-step:
You should have one set of wires (either a cable or wires together in a conduit) that is the incoming power and another (can be more than one) that is connecting to other ("load", "downstream") devices.
If you are not 100% certain which wires are the incoming power:
If the GFCI works then try devices in the downstream receptacles. If you have problems at this stage then there is likely a miswired downstream receptacle, and that needs to be fixed as it is a danger waiting to happen.
Connecting everything to line instead of load is a workable solution in some cases. However, if the downstream receptacles are in locations that require GFCI protection (kitchen, bathroom, outside) then you really want to have them on "load".
Answered by manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact on July 15, 2021
GFCI receptacles come “tripped” from the factory. Did you reset it after applying power?
Answered by aerospark on July 15, 2021
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