stardog
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I am in the process of upgrading ungrounded receptacles in our house. The house was built in 1962. I have already upgraded one circuit by installing a GFCI-AFI receptacle in the first outlet from the panel, then replacing the remaining 2-prong receptacles with 3-prong (and adding the required stickers as well).
I have two questions:
1. For the remaining two circuits I am going to upgrade, instead of installing a GFCI-AFI receptacle in the first outlet and then replacing every outlet downstream, I am considering just having the circuit breaker in the panel replaced with a GFCI-AFI breaker. I just want to confirm that if I go the breaker route, then all I will have to do at that point is just replace each 2-prong receptacle with a 3-prong, correct? Plus the stickers, of course.
2. I will also be installing an outdoor GFCI receptacle that will be piggybacked into a grounded receptacle from the interior wall. Although the interior circuit being tapped into is grounded, it does not have AFI protection. To meet code, will the outdoor receptacle need to be a dual GFCI-AFI, or can I get by with just a standard outdoor GFCI receptacle?
Thanks for anyone's input regarding these two questions.
I have two questions:
1. For the remaining two circuits I am going to upgrade, instead of installing a GFCI-AFI receptacle in the first outlet and then replacing every outlet downstream, I am considering just having the circuit breaker in the panel replaced with a GFCI-AFI breaker. I just want to confirm that if I go the breaker route, then all I will have to do at that point is just replace each 2-prong receptacle with a 3-prong, correct? Plus the stickers, of course.
2. I will also be installing an outdoor GFCI receptacle that will be piggybacked into a grounded receptacle from the interior wall. Although the interior circuit being tapped into is grounded, it does not have AFI protection. To meet code, will the outdoor receptacle need to be a dual GFCI-AFI, or can I get by with just a standard outdoor GFCI receptacle?
Thanks for anyone's input regarding these two questions.