Monday, July 20, 2009

Re: [papercreters] Re: Drill motors



Yes, garages except dedicated outlets, like one for a water softener, etc.. GFCI requirements have been in place for thirty years or so, if your house is older than that then you might not have GFCI. Look in your panel, GFCI breakers have a test switch and a reset switch. The next thing coming is Arc Fault which is in the current code and being adopted more and more.

Spaceman

slurryguy wrote:

Yeah, I forgot all about GFCI circuit breakers.  Some houses, especially fairly new construction, will have GFI protection inside the breaker panel.  That works great too, as long as you are plugging in to one of those circuits.  In that case the outlets won't have the little "test" and "reset" buttons on them.  Of course, my post was already getting long winded, so it's probably a good thing I forgot.  hehehe   Hey spaceman?  Do you know if current code requires GFCI in a garage?      Spaceman wrote:  IF that house is wired at least to the electrical code and that water garden is connected to an outside receptacle, then it is probably on a GFCI circuit. Ideally there should be a separate circuit for the water garden that runs back to the circuit breaker panel and is connected to a GFCI circuit breaker. Someone tested to see how much current it takes to stop your heart, and GFCI breakers and receptacles are supposed to trip before your heart stops. Any wiring around water should be GFCI protected. Even with GFCI circuits you should use basic safety and common sense.  Spaceman    ------------------------------------  Yahoo! Groups Links  <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/  <*> Your email settings:     Individual Email | Traditional  <*> To change settings online go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/join     (Yahoo! ID required)  <*> To change settings via email:     mailto:papercreters-digest@yahoogroups.com      mailto:papercreters-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com  <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:     papercreters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com  <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/   
 
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