DutchmenSport wrote:
It's a conspiracy you know, to get your money. They market the product to sound like it's something you absolutely MUST have, get you hooked, and then bleed your pocket book.
Worse, they change the "code books" to require it !
While I do think that GFCI outlets are a good thing, but now the National Electrical Code (NEC) require "tamper resistant" outlets and "arc fault" outlets.
I raised to kids, have 5 grandkids. We put those plastic safety caps in the plugs that the kids might get to. Even myself who loved to play with wires and batteries as a kid, never got the 120VAC ZAP !
I have never heard of a residential fire from an "arc fault". Maybe one or two melted outlets at worst.