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Originally Posted by o1marc
In my house the GFCI pops, shuts the whole circuit down.
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GFCI outlets have 'line' inputs & 'load' outputs, which allows you to protect the circuit downstream of the outlet if wired in a manner utilizing this functionality. You could also wire them so that they didn't, in which case the circuit downstream wouldn't be impacted.
Regardless, GFCIs do not provide overcurrent protection, nor do they provide a means to manually open the ciruit. They're not circuit breakers (though you can have circuit breakers that also provide GFCI protection).