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Does GFCI receptacle act as a circuit breaker?
Will a 15 or 20 amp GFCI receptacle trip there is not a ground fault but if
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Does GFCI receptacle act as a circuit breaker?
On Aug 17, 7:30*am, wrote:
Will a 15 or 20 amp GFCI receptacle trip there is not a ground fault but if more than its rated current flows through it? No, but they are interesting to look at if you have a defective one to take apart. They have a nifty little toroidal transformer feeding an op-amp which then drives a small solenoid. |
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