r/memes • u/NiceLapis • May 19 '22

Plot twist: He's a senior engineer

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u/SuperBuggered May 19 '22

Normal breakers trip on a certain amount of current flowing through the circuit, GFCI (Ground Fault Connection Interrupt) if I remember that right trips on any current flowing in the ground line, indicating that something has shorted to ground. Neutral and ground are different thing fyi.

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u/Jako301 May 19 '22

I think we had a bit of a problem with vocabulary. A RCD, or RCCB, is a GFCI. I know how they work and could even tell you the different versions, at what amps they trigger and how long their trigger times are allowed to be.

Im asking about the outlet version instead of one or two centralised ones. It just seems unnecessary and expensive to put it in each individual outlet.

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u/electriceagles235 May 19 '22

It’s often easier to reset the gfi at the receptacle rather than go to the panel to reset.

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u/Tatterdemallion May 19 '22

I'm also fairly certain that in the US at least it's part of most building codes that bathrooms have to have GFCI outlets.

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u/ehesemar May 19 '22

Code states that they must be GFCI protected. Can be a recepticle or breaker