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Posted by Wayne Boatwright on April 27, 2008, 1:08 am
On Sat 26 Apr 2008 07:40:54p, terry told us...
> On Apr 26, 10:23 pm, Wayne Boatwright
>> On Sat 26 Apr 2008 05:11:48p, aemeijers told us...
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> I like your method. Each 'outside' outlet is its own GFCI and
> accessible from outside if/when it does trip.
> It protects whoever/whatever is plugged into that outside outlet in
> the event of anything causing a current unbalance in the live and
> neutral leads, such as leaky outdoor electric tool etc. Without
> disabling the whole circuit or tripping a GFCI breaker at the main or
> secondary circuit breaker panel somewhere inside the house.
> Which reminds me still have one outside outlet hardly ever used, not
> itself equipped with or protected by an upstream GFCI.
> Thanks for the reminder. terry
>
Thanks, Terry. It really works well for my purposes, and for the reasons
you mention, and it doesn't inconvenient any inside outlets.
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Wayne Boatwright
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