Yes.
But you'll still have to find where the mystery one is.....
But you'll still have to find where the mystery one is.....
Outdoor outlets - change to GFCI's?
I've "blown" both outdoor outlets (front and rear of the house) plugging in power tools. Both are household 15amp outlets with waterproof covers. The GFI for the one in front is in the kitchen, and I can't find the one for the back of the house. (Our younger son moved back "for awhile" and that part of the house is a disaster zone.) would I gain anything by changing them to GFCI's so I could reset them right there rather than trooping back into the house?
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Depending on the locations of the others you may need to add additional GFIs to provide protection upstream of the exterior receptacles.
Exterior receptacles have been prohibited from sharing the small appliance circuits in the kitchen/dining rooms for many years.
Exterior receptacles have been prohibited from sharing the small appliance circuits in the kitchen/dining rooms for many years.
Thanks, Jim. The house is fairly new - 14 years old. Maybe it's just old enough not to require the outside GFCI's. Good point about how outdoor outlets should be. I'll check with some buddies for help on correcting this (they know what they're doing).
Would you believe...NEC 1971 code outside... 1987kitchen.Thanks, Jim. The house is fairly new - 14 years old. Maybe it's just old enough not to require the outside GFCI's. Good point about how outdoor outlets should be. I'll check with some buddies for help on correcting this (they know what they're doing).
2011-14= 1997. code changed in 1987. Just missed.
Wow! Better get them changed. Would you guys recommend outside outlets be re-wired so they aren't "tied in" with inside devices?
Changing any other outlets connected to the two small appliance circuits in the kitchen I would say absolutely. For a quick fix where the outside receptacles are connected to inside wall circuits, installing a GFCI outside in parallel with those general branch circuits would be one solution. The outdoor overload would trip the outside GFCI and not the inside overcurrent protection device.Wow! Better get them changed. Would you guys recommend outside outlets be re-wired so they aren't "tied in" with inside devices?
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