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EF: To be reactivated or not to be reactivated?

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EF: To be reactivated or not to be reactivated?

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To be reactivated or not to be reactivated?

I ripped off the old cracked coverings on a wall to install new gyproc. I found in the wall an electrical single gang box (without the receptacle). The white and black wires were black-taped over.

I removed the tape and connected both wires to this device. I did this process twice. First by putting the black wire to the right side of device/white wire to left side of device. Then I switched wires around. In both instances the bottom center orange light of the device illuminated [open ground]

Then I pushed in the round black button that says: "Push to check GFCI", and in both repeated instances the bottom left light, and the bottom center light both illuminated [hot/neutral rev]

I want to put a receptacle in this single gang box so that the room will have an additional plug-in.

Can an electrician please tell me if those READINGS suggest I should not reactivate that buried box...or is it perfectly okay to make this an operating receptacle again?

PS: I discovered that although buried behind the wall, it is still connected to other active receptacles/lights in the house.

Thank you

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