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> I do not want my refrigerator or computer on a GFCI Why not? Here in Belgium they are required everywhere and that works just fine.
by CorrectHorseBat 4y ago
> I do not want my refrigerator or computer on a GFCI
Why not? Here in Belgium they are required everywhere and that works just fine.
- frosted-flakes 4y agoWhole-house GFCIs are far less sensitive than the GFCIs built right into the receptacle.
- CorrectHorseBat 4y agoThat does not explain why you wouldn't want a GFCI? It's not like you can't chain them.
- frosted-flakes 4y agoBecause they trip much more easily, and they are sinply not needed all the time. Plugging a motorized refrigerator full of perishable food to a GFCI receptacle is a bad idea. I used to work on residential construction jobsites and the only power on-site would be a pair of GFCI duplex receptacles in the basement beside the panel. Tripping the actual overload breaker was rare (and usually only happened when multiple people were running off a single extension cord), but the damn GFCI breakers on the receptacles themselves tripped all the time, particularly when the table saw was running at full tilt for 20 minutes straight. They're just too sensitive for certain applications. Now, you can buy combined overload/GFCI circuit breakers for in the panel, but they're ridiculously overpriced so no one uses them, and they're probably just as sensitive.
- anikom15 4y agoAmerica has 110 V which is more of a nuisance than a threat when it’s dry. Our GFCIs are specifically for wet applications (like bathrooms) and so are much more sensitive than European GFCIs.