"George E. Cawthon" wrote in message
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George E. Cawthon wrote:
Rick wrote:

"Jim-Poncin" wrote in message
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I apparently ruined the ground fault interrupter outlet in the garage
when I
was trying to fix something. The thing has been a pain in the ass. I
plan to
replace it with a regular non-gfi wall outlet.

Any major reason not to? I know enough not to grab hot wires.

Thanks




For starters, it's a code requirement (210-8(a)(2) if the outlet is
accessible

You may know enough not to grab hot wires, but do you inspect each
cord and power tool
before you plug it in every time you use them? Saw a training film on
accidental
electrocution years ago. A mom was making a video of her kid using a
shop vac to clean his
car. It had a fault, he's dead.


I guess it depends on valuable your (or someone else's) life is...


You and Gideon ought to get together and make half-way reasonable
statement.

I give can get it right so I'll quit and blame it
on the terrible cold I've got. I think is a lack
of GFCI in my brain.

Not sure what you're trying to say either, but read the original post. The guy has
problems with the GFCI and apparently ruined it while trying to "fix" something. In his
case, I think a GFCI would be a good idea...