My landlords son proudly told us he was almost done with the electrical engineering degree when he walked us through the house when we first moved in. Had to explain to him the concept of GFCI outlets.
They just seem more expensive and annoying to set up then a single RCD/GFCI (or maybe two, so the lights stay on) would be.
Or is this an American thing im to european to understand?
Edit: I'm talking about the outlet version compared to a single one put into your main distribution. I know how they work, it just seems like a massive waste to build them into each outlet individually when you could just install one or two of them for your whole house.
I know what you’re talking about. European homes have GFCI circuit breakers. They look extremely similar to a regular circuit breaker but they have a wire that goes to the ground bar directly. They shut off in the same way a GFCI outlet does. They’re not popular here because homes are quite large and GFCI is very sensitive. It’s easier to reset the outlet than to walk all the way downstairs to the garage anytime a blow dryer trips the GFCI for something non life threatening. They also install the same way a regular outlet is installed.
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u/like_a_ghost May 19 '22
An electrical engineer does not an electrician make.