Will GFCI work with items without equipment ground
I know it's probably a dumb question but my wife's hair dryer is old and has no equipment ground. Wanted to be sure she is still protected if it should be dropped into water or otherwise shorted.
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Harvey51 wrote:
Would it be fair to suggest that the safety ground system is a waste of copper when all circuits are GFCI protected?
NO.
For the GFI to work, that unintended part of the device that is now "hot" needs to shed it's power to ground by some means other than the neutral wire.
If there is no ground "wire" present, that path is likely to be through something else dangerous......like a human hand.
