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Is it wise (or even possible) to replace standard with GFCI outlets on a GFCI-protected circuit?

Our house is a 1988 construction single family home with a single GFCI-protected circuit that powers the outlets in 2.5 bathrooms (5 standard outlets + 1 GFCI outlet), the garage (2 standard) and the exterior of the house (3 standard). Another GFCI-protected circuit supplies the kitchen (1 GFCI + 3 standard). Although the GFCI's still work (according to the self-test), they're getting old, so I figured I'd replace them. Is it wise, or even possible to replace some (or all) of the downstream standard outlets on the GFCI circuits, with GFCI outlets?Both houses I grew up in (a 1905, remodeled in 1979; a 1987 new construction) had GFCI's for all of their kitchen/bath outlets, which seems a little safer, IMHO. Am I wrong? Is there really an advantage to that type of set-up, versus my current home's single-GFCI-per-circuit scheme?Thanks.

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Well depending on the smoke detector you have it may be a smoke/heat detector if your making lots of steam it rises and sets off the detector. Pull down the smoke detector and check the part on the manufacturers web site. If they are smoke/ heat detectors replace with just smoke. Also they make smoke detectors from kidde that are just for around kitchens and have higher tolerances. The other thing is maybe you cook like my wife who thinks they are ceiling mounted cooking timers.
Sounds like you threw a rod bearing, you will need a rebuild.
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