Right now I have a circuit in my living room with a GFCI on the lead outlet. For various reasons I want to change that outlet to a non-GFCI, put half of the outlet on a switch, and mount the switch and a GFCI outlet halfway up the wall (where the new GFCI will cover the entire circuit).
I couldn't find guidance on "exactly" this issue, but after some research I concluded I would need to add a box for the switch+gfci, run two wires (12/3) between the old outlet and that new box, and basically "add the GFCI" as the new first plug in the circuit. Below is a slightly messy diagram of what I'm doing, I was hoping someone might take a look at my plan lmk if I'm missing something.
Since I want the entire circuit GFCI I run all the line side wires straight to the second box and into the GFCI. On the way back, however, I split the load (black) between:
1) the switch, which uses the red 12/3 line to return the load to the top/switched side of the original outlet
2) the black 12/3 wire which returns non-switched GFCI power to the non-switched side of the original outlet
Am I missing anything? Thanks in advance for any advice or help.
Best,
rt
I couldn't find guidance on "exactly" this issue, but after some research I concluded I would need to add a box for the switch+gfci, run two wires (12/3) between the old outlet and that new box, and basically "add the GFCI" as the new first plug in the circuit. Below is a slightly messy diagram of what I'm doing, I was hoping someone might take a look at my plan lmk if I'm missing something.
Since I want the entire circuit GFCI I run all the line side wires straight to the second box and into the GFCI. On the way back, however, I split the load (black) between:
1) the switch, which uses the red 12/3 line to return the load to the top/switched side of the original outlet
2) the black 12/3 wire which returns non-switched GFCI power to the non-switched side of the original outlet
Am I missing anything? Thanks in advance for any advice or help.
Best,
rt
