2 outlets in GFCI path not working
I have 2 outlets controlled by the GFCI that are not working and 2 that are. In the kitchen. there are 2 protected outlets, one works and the other doesn't and the outside receptacle does not work. ...
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CA Traveler wrote:Latner wrote:You may also find that the outlets and not all connected in series but rather some are connected by a parallel branch wiring.
open up each outlet and check all the connections visually and with a meter, you'll find the problem eventually.
Unless you have some kind of special outlets with each half isolated from the other, they are all wired in parallel. If the outlet has two hot wire screws, those two are normally internally connected by a buss. Same for neutrals. There may be one wire on one hot screw and a second wire on the other hot screw. But because the screws are internally connected, they are effectively the same point.
Wired in series would mean the loads were wired in series. And that just would not work.
