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Gary Tait
 
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Default GFCI Failures + Gadgets

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 07:27:25 GMT, wrote:



Gary Tait wrote:

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:03:14 GMT, "Jeff"
wrote:


It would be incpnvenient to wait for the Poco to reset it. The best
thing would be a whole house GFCI, as is oftern used in most of the
rest of the world.

Whole house GFI? Where is this "rest of the world"? GFI'ing a whole house
would be stupid.


In actuality, they are often set up to protect only recptacle
circuits.


What does the word "they" refer to - a "whole house GFCI" ??

Yes.

In actuality, there is no such thing that could be set up
to protect only receptacle circuits. You can protect 1 branch
circuit at a time with a GFI breaker or a GFCI receptacle.
With a GFCI receptacle, you can also protect only a part of
the circuit. A GFCI receptacle can be installed such that it
protects all outlets wired downstream of it, or only itself.
There's no such thing as a "whole house GFCI" in any event.


Have you seen a European DIN panel setup?
With the way they can be configured you can have certain groups of
circuits protected, others not.