Line And Load Wiring Diagram
The load is the wire going out to the third device on the circuit and so on.
Line and load wiring diagram. Protected receptacle s will be connected to the gfci load side as shown below. Loosen the silver and brass terminal screws on the line side of the outlet. Power is connected to the gfci line side. The line wire is connected to the l1 terminal and the load wire is connected to the l2 terminal.
The other outlet is pigtailed from the line side of the gfci. Ground fault circuit. The result is that neither device receives the entire 120 v necessary for proper operation. This leaves the outlet unprotected.
14 one load per line two loads must not be connected in series on one line of a line diagram. At the second device the line is the power source coming in from the first device. In this wiring configuration the common terminals on each 2 way switch are connected together with one wire. However only 2 of them are fed from the load side of the gfci.
Refer to the diagram above about wiring gfci receptacles for additional help. To wire a single gfci simply connect the source conductors to the line side of the. Gfci load wiring diagram. The above switch wiring diagram shows a different wire color coding than what is used in the usa.
Line and load will be clearly labeled on the back of the gfci outlet and often times the load side will be covered with a piece of tape. In the diagram below you have a gfci that feeds 3 outlets.