But what happens if something shorts and it's traced down to the fact you
removed the GFCI.  I would not want to bet my business on it.  I would have
an outlet hardwired into a nema box.  That should satisfy code, but I would
check.

Justin

From:  "Marlon K. Schafer (509-982-2181)" <o...@odessaoffice.com>
Reply-To:  WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org>
Date:  Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:00:39 -0700
To:  WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org>
Subject:  Re: [WISPA] Preventing stupid outages

> Yeah.  Drop the GFCI.
>  
> If an inspector whines about it get his home phone and tell him he'll have to
> meet you at the site every time it goes down because the GFCI technology is so
> worthless.  It won't take but 2 trips and he'll beg you to take them out!
>  
> And if you think it's bad now.  Just wait till you have to put in arc fault
> breakers everywhere.  The whole house has to have them nowadays.  Can't even
> run a shop vac in my house if it's in one of the rooms with an arc fault.
> Half my skill saws won't work etc.
>  
> Good ideas, both.  Rotten overly sensitive implementation.
>  
> The market for used arc faults will be huge sooner than later.  Every
> homeowner with a screw driver will pull them all out and put in normal
> breakers :-).
>  
> The NEC is getting to be worse than the dept. of ecology!
>  
> marlon
>  
>>  
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>  
>> From:  Troy  Settle <mailto:tset...@thewiredroad.net>
>>  
>> To: wireless@wispa.org
>>  
>> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 6:04 AM
>>  
>> Subject: [WISPA] Preventing stupid  outages
>>  
>> 
>>  
>>  
>> 
>> Ok, so to keep to code, we have a GFCI outlet for most of  our towers.  One
>> of them tripped last night, causing me to have to put on  some 80 miles just
>> to push a button (yes, it could have been much  worse).
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Is there anything to prevent stupid outages like this from  happening without
>> violating code?
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Thanks,
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> -- 
>>  
>>   Troy Settle, Network  Administrator
>>  
>>   The Wired Road Authority
>>  
>>   1117 E. Stuart Dr.
>>  
>>   Galax, VA 24333
>>  
>>   (276) 238-0049 (office)
>>  
>>   (276) 237-3890 (cell)
>>  
>>   tset...@thewiredroad.net
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
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