On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Ricky Beam wrote:
On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:39:16 -0500, Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com> wrote:
You can get breakers with GFIs built into them(called GFCIs), but they're favored less than putting them at the outlet. ...
I think they are now a violation of the NEC. And they were delisted by UL years ago. They pose a hazard as they will not react fast enough to prevent a fatal shock. (and the only one's I've ever seen were outlawed as the breaker itself was a fire hazard.)
They are???? Bought some at Grainger the other day.. http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/search.shtml?searchQuery=GFCI+breaker&op=search&Ntt=GFCI+breaker&N=0&sst=subset Home Depot also must have missed this: http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?keyword=gfci+breaker&langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
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