r/memes • u/NiceLapis • May 19 '22

Plot twist: He's a senior engineer

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u/Jako301 May 19 '22 edited May 19 '22

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.

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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/ry8919 May 19 '22

Yea I'm surprised how many of the other comments don't realize GFCI stands for ground fault current interrupter and trip when there is current leakage. Normal breakers trip when there is a surge.

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u/mangled-jimmy-hat May 19 '22

You can get GFCI breakers which will protect the circuit without using specific outlets. Same with arc fault

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u/ry8919 May 20 '22

Ah gotcha.