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wrote:
I'm not an expert on electrical wiring, but it seems to me that the
dangerous part is having a gfci where there is no ground - you would
assume it';s safer than it is. You wouldn't want an ungrounded outlet
there, would you? - the gfci will work the same way, for all intents
and purposes.

shelly

Basically true. But, they are still lifesavers anyway you look at it. If
you should drop an applicance into your bathtub, hopefully it'd kill the
power before the power killed you, but I've seen some long discussions on
that one.
A reversed plug on say a fridge and a correct one on say the toaster,
with a GFCI protected line, you could still get a zap by touching them
simultaneously, but it would be shortlived and might save your life if the
protector worked right. Regardless of where it goes, if the current isn't
identical between hot and neutral, the protector opens the ckt within a
designed timeframe. So ground, you to the dirt, whatever; the GFCI would
know it happened. Or should, anyway g.
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