Short corded small appliance dilemma
The electrical outlets in the kitchen of my 2011 Ellipse 42QD are mounted on the underside of the kitchen cabinets....about 18 inches above the counter top. My toaster, coffee pot and other small kitc...
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gutfelt wrote:
99.9% of the plugs around the sink where ur cord fell in is gfi protected so no it wont be your last day LOL
Well you are right of course.. Except I'm in my mid 60's this means I grew up BEFORE GFCI's were Code. in fact in my house (when I had one) there were NO GFCI's at all. I did install 2 in the Bathroom never did do the Kitchen. Wife tested one of 'em (It worked, She lived).
And I've read recently of RVers "Bypassing" the GFCI..
So that 0.1% is enough to worry the Legal Eagles at Appliances R us. don't you know (What is 0.1% of the population of the US anyway).
Today we have far too many "rules" and "warnings" to protect us from basic stupidity.. So many that many folks simply ignore them.
ON Facebook just this week is a sign "Road ends in water" The sign post.. IS DRIVEN into the land under the water..
Story about 2 preachers holding a sign "The end is near turn ye back"
Driver speeds by calling them religious nuts...... SPLASH...
One preacher to the other "Think we should change the sign to "The bridge is out"?.
Mind the warnings.. But try to figure out why. As I said a cord in water.. You are trusting your life to a device that CAN FAIL.. use the short (six or 8 Inch) Cord and you are not doing that.
