Found two hot wires in bathroom outlet Hi all, my bathroom…
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Found two hot wires in bathroom outlet
Hi all, my bathroom does not have a GFCI outlet so I took out the one that was already there and found two hot wires in the electrical box. I confirmed this with a multimeter and both read 120v. How do I install the GFCI outlet?
I read that only one hot wire is supposed to do go to the line terminal. And that only a load wire to the to the load terminal. What should I do when there are two?
Should I cover up one of the hot wires with wirenuts or electrical tape and just use only the other?
Apologies if I'm using the wrong terms! No prior electrical experience and I found out about all the terms included above over the last few days. Please let me know if you need more information
https://imgur.com/a/v4IzeGg
#home
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Hi all, my bathroom does not have a GFCI outlet so I took out the one that was already there and found two hot wires in the electrical box. I confirmed this with a multimeter and both read 120v. How do I install the GFCI outlet?
I read that only one hot wire is supposed to do go to the line terminal. And that only a load wire to the to the load terminal. What should I do when there are two?
Should I cover up one of the hot wires with wirenuts or electrical tape and just use only the other?
Apologies if I'm using the wrong terms! No prior electrical experience and I found out about all the terms included above over the last few days. Please let me know if you need more information
https://imgur.com/a/v4IzeGg
#home
source
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