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Originally Posted by Hurricane Izzo
The bares are tied together and grounded to the outlet. I'm definitely putting the right colors to the right spot on the outlet and have tried a second GFI just to be sure. Still no resolution.
Prior to doing this, I had an old outlet in there and it was working fine (as was everything down the line).
Seriously, this shouldn't be rocket science and I am  and  that I've wasted over an hour on it.
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Just because the colors are correct does not mean they are the right polarity. You CAN make a white wire "hot" Try reversing the load sides colors. Worst case is you pop the breaker in the panel.