How Do You Wire A Bathroom Fan Feed Through A GFI Circuit?
A GFI circuit, or GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter), prevents electrical shocks from occurring by shutting power off when an electrical circuit is exposed to water. They are commonly used in rooms like bathrooms, kitchens, garages, or anywhere where there’s a possibility of water grounding the electrical flow and causing electric shocks. Bathroom fans are typically connected to the wiring serving the entire bathroom, so the fastest and easiest way to add a GFCI to the wiring serving the fan is to replace an existing electric outlet in the bathroom with a new electric outlet that has an built in GFCI. Then, if a ground fault occurs at the fan or anywhere else in the bathroom, all power will shut off to the bathroom wiring, including the fan. With some basic tools and a little care this is a job the novice can handle. Turn off the power to the circuits you’ll be working on at the breaker box by flipping the circuit breaker to “off.” Test the outlets you’ll be working on to be sure
