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Can your bathroom light switch be modified so that it does not need to be on in order for the GFI outlet on the opposing wall to work?
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∙ 15y ago
(LIFE SAFETY WARNING! [Disclaimer]
Electricity is dangerous!
You can be injured or killed!
Improper installations can cause fire, injury and death!
Should you be doing this yourself?)
GFI receptacles are now installed on what is known as a small appliance branch circuit
Yours is old or an add-on.
If the power for the receptacle comes from the switch box directly then you can make it work all the time by moving the hot wire feeding the GFI from the 'load' side of the switch to the 'hot' - permanently live - side of the switch.
Remember that you only put one wire under a screw, so you will have to make up or change splices. [wirenut connections]
If you aren't up to this, get an electrician.
<><><> Actually, the most likely situation is that you have a receptacle under a light over the sink at the other side of the room from the switch.
They did this to get a receptacle without doing the hard job.
If that is the case, you are stuck unless you want to rewire the outlet from another source: a new 20 amp circuit like it SHOULD be - tear up your bathroom and run it to the switch like the people who put it in didn't want to! Or tear up something else and get power from somewhere else that is hot all the time. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB
SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY
REFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
If you do this work yourself, always turn off the power
at the breaker box/fuse panel BEFORE you attempt to do any work AND
always use an electrician's test meter having metal-tipped probes
(not a simple proximity voltage indicator)
to insure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.
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∙ 15y ago
Yes, you can separate the light switch wiring from the GFI outlet wiring to prevent them from being dependent on each other. This would involve rewiring the outlets and switch so that they are on separate circuits. It's recommended to hire a licensed electrician to ensure the modification is done safely and in compliance with electrical codes.
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