WilleyB wrote:
I'll have to install some in the house also, but considering the number of circuits I'm going to need a mess of them.
Willis
You might not need as many as you think. Building code has required them in wet locations since the 70's (bathroom, kitchen, exterior plugs). A GFCI outlet has a "Line" side and a "Load" side. If the 1st outlet on a circuit is a GFCI, then every outlet installed down the line (on the "Load" side) is also a GFCI. There are also GFCI breakers that can be installed in the breaker box. These are not as common though as they cost almost twice as much as the outlets. Much of the time, many more outlets than required are inadvertently protected. For this reason, you may already have them and don't even know it. Get yourself a GFCI tester (most electric supply & home improvement places have them). Once you plug it into a circuit, there is a little button you press. The button creates a small leak to ground and will trip any upstream GFCIs. Then you get to go on a GFCI hunt to find the one that tripped. Tim
