Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters – GFCI
February 2nd, 2010
By Carson #38; Dunlop Associates
The outlets with the coloured #8220;Test#8221; and #8220;Reset#8221; buttons are specially designed to better protect people than ordinary outlets. GFCI#8217;s have been used in houses since the 1970#8217;s.
Why Are They Used?
GFCI#8217;s are designed to shut power off if there is a very small leak of electricity (a ground fault) which ordinary [...]img alt=”" border=”0″ src=”http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muddyyork.comblog=5188131post=2161subd=centraltorontorealestateref=feed=1″ /img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MuddyYorkARealEstateBlog/~4/lGkhSCvqqYk” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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