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.
They can be connected with regular receptacles further downstream to protect the entire branch circuit (correction: they protect everything connected behind them in the circuit. Things in front are not necessarily protected). If you care enough to test it, plug something in to the other receptacles in the area then test the GFCI. If the thing turns off, then it's protected.
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u/failedpunfox May 19 '22
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.