Changed light switch to a light and outlet & it worked, switched to GFI and it pops when wire connected to GFI?

changed light switch to a light and outlet %26amp; it worked, switched to GFI and it pops when wire connected to GFI|||Your GFCI is wired improperly. Follow below...





Always make sure that all wires are free of any debris (sand lightly to ensure a good connection.





a. Turn off power at the service panel. Use a circuit tester, if necessary, to make sure power is off.


b. Disconnect the white (neutral) wires from the silver screw (on/from the old receptacle).


c. Pigtail the white wires and connect the pigtail to the white line terminal on the GFCI.


d. Disconnect the black (hot) wires from the brass screw (on/from the old receptacle)


e. Pigtail the black wire and connect to the hot line on the GFCI.


f. If there is a ground wire attach it to the green screw. The GFCI will function without a ground, but there may be some local building code(s) to consider if doing so.


g. Mount the GFCI, restore power and test.





It should function well if you have followed the above.





If it does not, please check (with your volt tester) that the hot and neutral wires are in fact the hot and neutral wires. Wire according to the instructions above and you are done.





If it continues to malfunction, you have wired the outlet improperly, and you need to make corrections there (or disconnect the outlet permanently). If you continue to have issues, call a licensed electrician.|||The only possible reason is that you do not have a complete 110 circuit at the box. When you changed it to a outlet and switch did the outlet work only when switch was on. If so them what has happened is that at the light, one wire(usually the black) was brought down to the box so they could switch the light on and off by breaking the circuit. If this is the case then the outlet would only work when the switch was on. If the box had a white black and ground wire going through it then you need to hook the wires up to the outlet first(black to bronze screw, white to silver screw and ground to green screw). Then take the white wire straight up to light and black through switch to light. Do this off the line side of the outlet not the load because if you take it off the load it will treat your light as a outlet and could trip.