On Thu, 04 Sep 97 08:08:30 MST, Jon Bertrand wrote: > A bit of information to put this GFI discussion in prospective: > In 1971, A. W smoot of UL released a study that found 81 percent of > electrocutions (in U.S. homes) would have been prevented if a GFI were > used. > The National Safety Council reported (in the late eighties I believe) > that there had not been a single recorded electrocution from ground > fault in any occupancy using GFI's.
I didn't think GFI's used the ground lead. If there weren't any electrocutions from ground faults, it would not be related to the presence of a GFI. Having said that, I think a three-leaded version of a GFI could protect against line-neutral current imbalance, as well as high leakage current. Does anyone sell them? Pat Lawler plaw...@west.net
