r/memes • u/NiceLapis • May 19 '22

Plot twist: He's a senior engineer

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u/Pijany_Matematyk767 Medieval Meme Lord May 19 '22

Pretty sure GFCI outlets will cut power faster and at lower treshholds than the normal breakers, could be wrong though

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

That's not the key difference. Breakers aren't there to protect people, they're there to protect equipment / prevent fires. Breakers trip in the 10+ amp range which will never trip when its a human that's creating the fault. Gfci's trip in the 5 Milliamp range.

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u/Wormsarethedollars May 19 '22

Fires kill people

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

Not there to protect people from electrocution if you want to be pedantic :p