Re: [WISPA] Preventing stupid outages

2012-03-20 Thread Scott Lambert
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 09:04:35AM -0400, Troy Settle wrote: Ok, so to keep to code, we have a GFCI outlet for most of our towers. One of them tripped last night, causing me to have to put on some 80 miles just to push a button (yes, it could have been much worse). Is there anything to

Re: [WISPA] Preventing stupid outages

2012-03-20 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
Scott, I’m not quite so sure. If current flows back through the ground rather than neutral, that will trip the GFCI. The ground is BAD as far as the GFCI is, so the dryer can’t be a 3-wire. The hypothetical situation was an Ungrounded hair dryer and plastic pipes (which would have to be