GFCI outlet question
I have a bathroom with a GFCI outlet (well, will be, once I can figure out how to hook it up), a fan and a light.
The outlet box has two cables, each with a black, white, and ground. When I got to it, the electrician had wired the two blacks together, and the two whites together. In this configuration, both the fan and light work.
I tried taking those apart, so all wires were apart, and then the fan and light didn't work.
I determined which black wire was hot, and on the GFCI outlet, I hooked the hot black to the "line" with gold screw. The white from the same cable I hooked to the other side with the silver screw. To the load screws I hooked the other wire (again, black to gold and white to silver). I tried it, and the outlet, fan and light didn't work.
I tried tying the blacks and whites back together like they were before and put in pigtails. In this configuration the light and fan went on. So I hooked up the pigtails to the line screws, and then the fan and light still went on but not the outlet.
What gives? What am I doing wrong?
Dawn
The outlet box has two cables, each with a black, white, and ground. When I got to it, the electrician had wired the two blacks together, and the two whites together. In this configuration, both the fan and light work.
I tried taking those apart, so all wires were apart, and then the fan and light didn't work.
I determined which black wire was hot, and on the GFCI outlet, I hooked the hot black to the "line" with gold screw. The white from the same cable I hooked to the other side with the silver screw. To the load screws I hooked the other wire (again, black to gold and white to silver). I tried it, and the outlet, fan and light didn't work.
I tried tying the blacks and whites back together like they were before and put in pigtails. In this configuration the light and fan went on. So I hooked up the pigtails to the line screws, and then the fan and light still went on but not the outlet.
What gives? What am I doing wrong?
Dawn
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