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[John Roberts {JR}]

Next time you're in a hardware store grab a couple of extra GFI outlets. My electrician friends tell me they go bad often..

Yup, I'm thinking of adding a GFCI to my work bench... I already know that it is wired reverse polarity with floating ground, and I found that a little useful when I was still designing my outlet tester (project now abandoned). 

My hot air work station recently died and the $39 replacement (from china) doesn't even pretend to be agency approved like the old one (with meaningless CE mark) the new hot air station has no agency marks at all. 

Good time for a GFCI outlet there too... 

JR

[Chris Hindle]

Yup, I'm thinking of adding a GFCI to my work bench... I already know that it is wired reverse polarity with floating ground, and I found that a little useful when I was still designing my outlet tester (project now abandoned). 

My hot air work station recently died and the $39 replacement (from china) doesn't even pretend to be agency approved like the old one (with meaningless CE mark) the new hot air station has no agency marks at all. 

Good time for a GFCI outlet there too... 

JR

A little self-preservation is never a bad thing...........
Regards, Chris.

[Jonathan Johnson]

Next time you're in a hardware store grab a couple of extra GFI outlets. My electrician friends tell me they go bad often..

Yup. Was working a wedding this weekend, and every time I'd plug something in to the GFI (even an extension cord in good condition!) it would trip.

Venue owner replaced it with a standard receptacle and I used a plug-in GFI with no tripping problems.

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