From: doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com   
      
   stryped1@yahoo.com wrote in   
   news:3c3643fc-d796-4fec-9232-8844e2fec903@googlegroups.com:   
      
   > I need to add a gfi outlet to my wifes bathroom. I want to add   
   > it to the current light switch box. This box currently has two   
   > switches, one for the fan,light and one for the vanity light.   
   > Each switch has a white wire, a black wire, and a ground. When   
   > checking with a voltmeter, the white wire on both switches   
   > always has power. Each black wire only has power when the switch   
   > is turned on. I am assuming the white wire is the power wire.   
   > Can I take these white wires off the switches, connect them to   
   > the top and bottom "hot" terminal on the gfi outlet, then feed   
   > the switches from both terminals on the other side of the gfi?   
   > When I did this messing around with the switches, everything   
   > worked properly. I just thought that the black wire was always   
   > the constant power wire.   
      
   This was answered, quite thoroughly, by myself and several others, in   
   alt.home.repair when   
   you posted it there.   
      
   You CANNOT do this safely or legally because you DO NOT have a neutral in that   
   box.   
      
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