On 7/28/2012 7:05 AM, David Christ wrote: > Code requirements are there for a reason and are only put in place > after much thought and discussion.
Absolutely. The engineers who write electrical codes are very smart, and engineers from many disciplines are part of the process. GFCIs are required because they make it SAFE -- people get KILLED by leakage currents. GFCIs detect the presence of leakage currents and disconnect power from the outlet if there is enough to hurt us. . > I would take the GFI out only as > a last resort. Also RF is not necessarily the problem. I had one > unit that would trip every time I turned a large 21" CRT monitor on. > Changed brands and all was OK. Agreed here too. A GFCI in the loft bathroom in the house I owned in Chicago was only about 15 ft from the dipole into which I transmitted 1.5kW, and it was prone to trip. I replaced it with another unit of the same type from the same mfr and that fixed the problem. I had installed them myself when I renovated the house, and I had some left over. 73, Jim Brown K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
