Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"
|    sci.electronics.repair    |    Fixing electronic equipment    |    124,925 messages    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
|    Message 123,770 of 124,925    |
|    Peter W. to All    |
|    Re: Ground fault switch aka residual-cur    |
|    07 Aug 23 11:44:03    |
      From: peterwieck33@gmail.com              > I find these false triggers are more common with newer GFCB, maybe they       react too fast to any transient or spike.              Good point on the "pointer". A main-panel device is the only way to go for       total-circuit safety.               Ground-fault devices seldom (very seldom, indeed) false-trip. Sure, they may       be acutely sensitive to transient issues, which the typical end-user will       perceive as a false-trip, but the reality is that *something* tripped it. And       that *something* may be        fatal if not understood and corrected. I have come across several conditions       where an external receptacle got a salt-track from the hot to ground and       presented apparent nuisance-trips - but, in fact, there was a problem. One had       to look hard enough.               Rearming to save a freezer load of meat. Silly.               Peter Wieck       Melrose Park, PA               --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca