Electrical – move a GFCI outlet from the end of a circuit to the middle to protect another oulet

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I have a single, feed cable that comes up behind my counter into a single gang box. This box has an unprotected outlet. This cable is then teed off to the left and right. The left cable feeds a GFCI close to the sink. The right feeds another unprotected outlet. All three are over the counter and, I believe, should be protected. Here's the question: can I replace the center outlet with another GFCI and use it to feed the right outlet? I seem to remember something about not being able to use two GFCI units on a single neutral fed circuit due to differential currents causing one or the other GFCI to trip.

Any thoughts or answers are greatly appreciated!

Best Answer

You could move the GFCI outlet to the center box and have it protect a regular outlet by the sink. A GFCI outlet has "line" and "load" terminals. The line side is for the incoming power. Load is for downstream, regular outlets that need protection.

Pigtail both outlets to the load side of the GFI in the center box. They don't need to be in a linear chain or anything.