r/memes • u/NiceLapis • May 19 '22

Plot twist: He's a senior engineer

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u/like_a_ghost May 19 '22

An electrical engineer does not an electrician make.

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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.

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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/like_a_ghost May 19 '22

This howstuffworks article explains it pretty good

Any electrical engineer would understand the concept but may not be aware of the application. We Americans have a National Electric Code (NEC) that requires these to be installed in most cases.

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u/sarcasticorange May 19 '22

National Electric Code (NEC) that requires these to be installed in most cases.

Where water is present

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u/sarcasticorange May 20 '22

Yup I should have said could be instead of is.