Gfci Switch Receptacle Combo Wiring
With leviton s extensive assortment of combination devices you can fill a one gang space with two switches a switch and receptacle even a switch and gfci.
Gfci switch receptacle combo wiring. Not gfci protecting the load. Wiring a gfci outlet with combo switch outlet receptacle light switch. They can work in conjunction with one another or they can be connected and used independent of each other. I bought a new gfci combo switch and outlet.
As discussed before gfci also known as ground fault circuit interrupter is a protection device against electric shock which detects the ground faults and leakage currents especially in outdoor and watery areas such as bathroom kitchen laundry etc. I had a combo gfci outlet and switch that went bad in my bathroom. If a load plugged into the outlet or the disposal causes a short the whole device will trip and. This diagram illustrates the wiring for a cooper gfci combo switch device to control a garbage disposal.
From sensor guide lights to multi. It means all the connected loads to the load terminals of gfci are protected. Here the gfci outlet the switch and disposal are all protected from ground faults. Wiring a gfci outlet with switched garbage disposal.
The outlet worked even if the light wasn t on. The switch receptacle combo device is set up like a duplex receptacle but has a 15a single pole switch in one half and a single 15a 125v receptacle in the other half. With this arrangement a receptacle switch and disposal are protected with the ground fault breaker built into the device. Combo in order to make it up to national electrical code because it is a kitchen counter top outlet and close to the sink water.
With this arrangement the receptacle is protected but the switch remains outside the circuit. Wiring ground fault interrupter and light switch. They can work in conjunction with one another or they can be connected and used independent of each other. No one has been able to get both to work only the light worked not the outlet.
In this gfci outlet wiring and installation diagram the combo switch outlet spst single way switch and ordinary outlet is connected to the load side of gfci. Wiring ground fault circuit interrupter switch. Change a switch outlet combo to a switch g f i.