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    To be reactivated or not to be reactivated?

    It never was a GFCI. It isn't required to be a GFCI. I don't want it to be a GFCI. It used to be a normal 15 amp plug in. I want to make it the same again.
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    To be reactivated or not to be reactivated?

    Got ya. I am using the wrong tester device. ... as it's not a GFCI circuit. Anyway, houses in this neck of the woods were wired 70 years ago or even longer. None of the wiring in the walls in these old houses had any ground wires at all. ..only a black and a white. (Unless people did some...
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    To be reactivated or not to be reactivated?

    When the device reading said [open ground] ...is that bad/an issue? Is it okay to put a receptacle onto these wires or not? Thanks
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    To be reactivated or not to be reactivated?

    littlespark, the device has GFCI black push button on it. Excluding that written on the device... the wiring itself has nothing to do with GFCI. The wiring is on a series of other regular plug-ins and lights (5 in total) The receptacle was never a GFCI. It was at one time a plug-in for I guess a...
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    To be reactivated or not to be reactivated?

    I ripped off the old cracked coverings on a wall to install new gyproc. I found in the wall an electrical single gang box (without the receptacle). The white and black wires were black-taped over. I removed the tape and connected both wires to this device. I did this process twice. First by...
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    Advice needed about Canada's countertop outlets

    A huge thank you, Mister Megawatt :-) Cheers
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    Advice needed about Canada's countertop outlets

    Ok, thanks for the electrical lesson, brianmoooore :-)
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    Unused double 20 amps breaker in my old 1 bedroom appartment?

    "What could this unused double 20 amp could be?" ^ In my situation a few short years ago, the two 20 amp breakers used to serve an electric hot water heater. When the heater was changed for a new natural gas one, the two breakers stayed in the panel box, albeit disconnected.
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    Advice needed about Canada's countertop outlets

    Both kitchen outlets above the countertop will be used for toaster, kettle, coffee maker, mixer, can opener. In addition to your reply, can an additional outlet OR two be be connected and installed further downstream on wall for tv, and radio/vacuum cleaner? Thanks littlespark.
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    Advice needed about Canada's countertop outlets

    I am about to install two electrical receptacle outlets above a kitchen countertop. 50+ years ago, the original house wiring had no outlets there. 1) Do both outlets need to be GFCI, and each with their own individual 15 amp/or 20 amp circuit breakers? Or can both GFCI's be connected together...
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    Looking For Advice

    "The 2 screws on the sides are linked together." ^^^ That's what you said. And on the new receptacle they were linked together...which was why it didn't work. The old receptacle(s) on the hot side were not linked together. Which was why the system worked when I re-installed the old...
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    Looking For Advice

    I did what Taylortwocities said, and here is the pic on Postimage. receptacles2 — Postimage.org - https://postimg.cc/TKSQ22kR
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    Looking For Advice

    Testing pic again I have made several attempts to upload the image via the insert, the drag and drop, the attach method. Neither of the 3 will work. I keep getting that notification 1588371374 Testing pic again 1588371519 Trying to upload pic AGAIN 1588371691 1588372531 Attempting to upload...
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    Looking For Advice

    Hello one and all, When I went to lumber yard a couple3 days ago I purchased identical receptacles to replace two old ones. (The old ones were working perfect, but old) Today, I rummaged through the garbage bag and found the two old receptacles that I had thrown out, and after comparing the...
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    Looking For Advice

    I took that pic yesterday. I can't show any of what you ask because I am not at that house. I am elsewhere on a laptop googling for possible solutions. 1588336613 I'll check for that possibility when I go there shortly.
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    Looking For Advice

    testing pic again
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    Looking For Advice

    But there is no supply fuse. The power line leaves the meter and goes straight through the exterior wall and into the main breaker inside the top of the panel box. There is nothing else between the two.
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    Looking For Advice

    I REMOVED the receptacle yesterday and right now the red, white, black and ground wires are simply dangling from the oblong box but not touching each other. I had put the red wire to the same place it was previously except not through the stab-hole but under the screw...which is the preferred...
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    Looking For Advice

    Inside the roundish white 14/3 wire was a black, a red, a white, and a copper ground wire. I connected them to the correct side screws in the EXACT same way as they were connected previously as I had taken pics to ensure I did the re-wire the same. Previously before the reno, the receptacle...
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    Looking For Advice

    I keep getting this notification: The uploaded file was not an image as expected. 1588287896 I have now attempted several times to put the pic here, by using BOTH insert image and attach files. Neither of it will accept the jpg.

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