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That pretty well sums it up.Brew12 and I are on the same page. It is a difference between trade termonology for our differences. To an electrician when you hook the power to the supply side of one duplex outlet and then run from the load side of that outlet to the next outlet and so on this is referred to as wired in series in the electrical trade since the current has to flow through a buss bar in the duplex outlet. Doing this the outlets are still in parallel to the power source, but if an outlet goes bad or is removed the down stream outlets will cease to work. As this applies to GFCI outlets the load side of the outlet is protected by the internal breaker in the outlet. So you cannot use the load terminals of a GFCI outlet to feed the supply of another GFCI outlet. If the first one trips it would remove power from both Outlets. It is possible for both to trip also under the right circumstances. Brew12 correct me if I got this wrong or the terminology is wrong since I am not a electrician. I am a electronics technician by trade. There is a bit of difference. For one I am not familiar with all the electrical codes that electricians use or all their termonology. Currently I repair and maintain ion implanters used in the semiconductor industry.
If people stick to the diagrams that come with the devices when they do the wiring, they should be fine.