Two GFCI Receptacles on one circuit

[klott]

Two GFCI Receptacles on...6/27/08 10:50 PMs c u m b a g -back at ya

[mnahrgang]

Originally Posted by rshuey

I got the same message......someone left it and unsigned. that was what i was referring to a couple posts up.

It made me laugh.

Made me chuckle too. Neither green nor red. Whoever left it, missed the message with me, because I really didn't understand what he/she was telling me.

[George P. Wells, CMI]

Originally Posted by rshuey

Its kinda like wearing 2 rubbers. You dont really need to, but it sure wont hurt anything.

One for the left foot. One for the right foot.

[rromoser]

When they are not wired to control downstream receptacles, only the one outlet will trip not shutting off any other receptacles.

[sbenson]

Seen double GFCI's several times, home owner didn't like the idea of having to go to the powder room down stairs to reset every time his wife tripped it from the master bath with her hair dyrer, curling iron, and curlers. Could find nothing saying this is not proper.

[Michael E. Matush, #90]

Both analogies are correct. Although I do feel that the situation is not buyer friendly. For example if the upstairs bathroom trips the home owner does not understand that they have to go to the other bathroom to reset that one too. It also happens in kitchens when the GFI is covered by appliances and they can't find them or if the GFI is covered by a refrigerator in the garage. So why bother? Just my opinion.

[Jeffrey R. Wicklander]

Originally Posted by mmatush

Both analogies are correct. Although I do feel that the situation is not buyer friendly. For example if the upstairs bathroom trips the home owner does not understand that they have to go to the other bathroom to reset that one too. It also happens in kitchens when the GFI is covered by appliances and they can't find them or if the GFI is covered by a refrigerator in the garage. So why bother? Just my opinion.

Electrician probably realized they ran a shared neutral after everything was pulled and rather than pull another wire, they just hooked up another GFCI .

Jeff