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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road-runner wrote:Harvard wrote:Not sure what the message is, but I also don't have to imagine. I have a fridge and freezer in the house, plus the RV fridge, all on GFCI circuits with zero trips in 10+ years. RV has been powered by 3 different generator make/models over that time.
Just imagine if your fridge or freezer was powered by a GFCI.....
I added a second small freezer to our garage and the one GFCI-free receptacle was already taken so I plugged into a GFCI one. Twice I found the freezer off and getting warm. That receptacle got rewired for now. ;)
So yeah, there’s a good reason fridges and freezers don’t require them.
