So I bought a GFCI outlet to changeout a regular outlet and when I pulled the regular, it had white wires/neutrals on both left side screw connections and one black on the top right connection. I do not know what I should do for the GFCI outlet as the top two connections are line and bottom two are load, so I cannot hook up three wires (not even sure why a regular outlet would have two neutrals and one hot). Any thoughts would be appreciated. Also next to the outlet is an existing switch in the same larger outlet box. I do not know if that would have anything to do with it, not sure why, but that is the situation.
Changing a Regular Outlet with Two Neutrals and One Hot to a GFCI Outlet (no ground existing)
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Best Answer
The first rule of GFCIs is, if you don't really know how LOAD works, don't use it.
On a plain receptacle, the extra screws are spare terminals (unless the tab(s) are broken, then different deal). Not on a GFCI.
This sounds like a picture postcard case of "don't use LOAD". (I know exactly what it does and I wouldn't use it either). Either pigtail the 2 wires to the 1
LINEscrew, or most GFCIs provide a method for back-wiring 2 wires onto 1 screw, in which you insert the back-wire and tighten the screw (a lot) to clamp them.