Installing GFCI but don't want downstream protection

qfrisco · 01/05/2008, 04:29 PM

Hi all - I think this is the best forum to post this on. I've posted this same question at one of the Garden Web sites, but I figured many here would probably know the answer as well.

I want to install a GFCI outlet for my fish tank, but don't want downstream protection. Can I just take the black, white, and ground wires at the outlet I am replacing, splice them together (black to black, and white to white, of course :-) ), then connect jumpers from those splices which I then attach to the "line" and ground terminals of the GFCI outlet?

Is this a valid installation?

Thanks!

bbeck4x4 · 01/05/2008, 04:38 PM

Yes, just wire to the line side only and not use the load side.

01/05/2008, 04:29 PM	#1
qfrisco Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Dallas, TX Area Posts: 1,389	Installing GFCI but don't want downstream protection Hi all - I think this is the best forum to post this on. I've posted this same question at one of the Garden Web sites, but I figured many here would probably know the answer as well. I want to install a GFCI outlet for my fish tank, but don't want downstream protection. Can I just take the black, white, and ground wires at the outlet I am replacing, splice them together (black to black, and white to white, of course :-) ), then connect jumpers from those splices which I then attach to the "line" and ground terminals of the GFCI outlet? Is this a valid installation? Thanks!

01/05/2008, 04:38 PM	#2
bbeck4x4 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Utah Posts: 120	Yes, just wire to the line side only and not use the load side.