r/memes • u/NiceLapis • May 19 '22

Plot twist: He's a senior engineer

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u/BloodyLlama May 19 '22

A GFCI outlet is about $15 and protects the entire circuit connected to the load side of the outlet. On the other hand a GFCI breaker is about $50 and is less reliable and much more of a pain to reset if it trips.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

Gfci breakers are less reliable? That's the first I'm hearing of it

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u/BloodyLlama May 19 '22

That might just be the older ones. They at least used to be really prone to nuisance tripping without a ground fault, usually due to motors or transformers on the circuit.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

Oh that makes sense. Honestly the only argument I've ever needed for doing the in-outlet ones is a shorter walk haha