GFCI breakers also tend to be sensitive to electrical storms. I have one in my house that occasionally trips for that reason. I needed to install it for an addition I did - had a light in a shower and the elec inspector insisted on it (probably wisely, in case the light falls out of the ceiling while I'm showering, right?).
Chris
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From: Russ Dearmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: May 24, 2007 10:22 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: GFCI?
Just remember not to cut the curled white wire that goes directly to the grounded conductor bus bar (neutral). This wire acts a bit like a coil and affects the sensing of the slight current flow to ground which is how the GFCI's theoritically work. The slightest bit of current flow and you're protected by the breaker tripping. The negative is that they can be too sensitive and an inductive load (hair dryer or any motor) will sometime produce a nuisance trip. As they age they get worse about that. The GFCI breaker will have a terminal for the hot (probably black) wire and the screw terminal will be of darker color like copper in appearance. The circuit white wire will go to the GFCI breaker terminal that has a silvery appearance and is usually just below the darker terminal. By the way if anyone has their freezer in the garage on a GFCI then get it off immediately or get ready to someday lose the whole contents of the freezer. One or more bathrooms in most houses are on the load side of the GFCI that is usually located in the garage and a cheap hairdryer can trip the circuit and you have one stinky mess in the freezer by the time it gets discovered. I've seen this untold times as an electrician and is one of the more common reasons we are called out. Hope this saves someone some trouble...... Russ
Russ Dearmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Good idea , if you can get by with a " 20 " amp GFCI breaker.
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