I am wiring a GFCI receptacle with two regular receptacles after it.So before the GFCI I have my 12/2 wire from where it will hook into the box (the line side), after it I have my wire going to the two other receptacles (the load side).Well the GFCI receptacle has screw terminals for the line HOT and WHITE wires as well as a GROUND. On the bottom it has screw terminals for the load side but ONLY the HOT and WHITE, no ground screw.Does this mean that I don't hook up the ground for the load wire or does it mean I have to pigtail the ground to the same screw the line ground is using?I didn't want to assume that I connect the line and load grounds out of fear I was circumventing the GFCI.
Maybe you got a bad GFI Recepticle!!! all the ones I ever worked with have a place for the ground wire!!! Take another look at it!!! maybe someone didnt put the green screw in?? Bring it back to the store and get another one!!!
Yes, You have to splice the grounds together and then pigtail to the gfci. Hope this helps
your concern could be dissimilar issues, in the beginning GFCI stands for floor fault circuit interuptor. so in case you have older wiring on your place and a steel field which you attempt to connect with interior the wall you're transforming into a twine touching it some the place (by way of a split interior the insulation the place the twine is bent it may additionally be the white twine) which could be a floor fault inflicting the gfci to holiday. your fixture ought to be defective. even no count if it is new additionally the black and white wires could come off the load facet of the gfci and not the line. is likewise it a gfci breaker interior the panel field or in straightforward terms a receptacle with the crimson and black buttons. the latter are often times very gentle, i've got seen 2 way radios holiday them by potential of keying the mic. it is beneficial to alter the receptacle if necessary.
i have an older home with metal boxes, so i attach the line ground to the ground screw in the box approximately in the middle of that wire. then i use the remainder of the wire as a pigtail and attach all of the remaining ground wires to the tail of that wire, plus a pig tail lead to the gfci outlet's ground terminal. if you have plastic boxes, you would skip the grounding of the box, and just join them all together, plus the lead for the outlets ground screw. you may find a picture of this in the instructions that came with the outlet, although they usually are kind of small and hard to read. good luck, hope this helped.
The grounds all are attached to the same ground screw, twist all of the ground wires together and bring one wire to the screw. There are ground wire nuts, green with a hole in the end, put one of the ground wires through the hole and then twist all of the others under the nut.
