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Old 9/11/07, 4:27 PM
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This picture is of a GFCI breaker that goes to the basement clothes dryer.
The second neutral wire in the back connects to the neutral bus. Is this correct or not?
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Old 9/11/07, 5:02 PM
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Sounds ok.

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p.s. When you get time, just walk around a HD and look at all the stuff. A while back when I was in school, our teacher took us there, and said it was like a classroom for free. Open boxes, read instructions, etc. Should be able to open a GFCI breaker box and understand what the 'second' neutral is for. Good luck.
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Typically, if it is wired wrong, it won't test properly. Did you push the test button?



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The neutral wire going to the device should be attached to the neutral terminal on the breaker. The neutral tail on the breaker should go to the neutral buss.
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Originally Posted by mdavis5
This picture is of a GFCI breaker that goes to the basement clothes dryer.
The second neutral wire in the back connects to the neutral bus. Is this correct or not?
I hate to be rude on you but i have a question to ask you is your local code required the dryer [120/240 volt verison ]to be GFCI ?? [ in unfinshed basement ]

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