On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:40:25 -0600, Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Got it :) The one I liked was the whole getting our apartment complex 
>"up to code" by installing GFCI outlets. They hired a subcontractor to 
>perform the work.
>
>We now have about half a dozen (3 in the kitchen alone) that seem to 
>control every circuit in our home. You have to be very careful that you 
>don't plug something in that might trigger a GFCI breaker, or something 
>that would be adversely affected by the breaker tripping. The affected 
>outlet locations seem almost random...
>

I know what you mean about RCCBs (that's what we call them here). Especially
when they are in lighting circuits they seem to increase the rate of failure of
incandescent light bulbs. In the UK all changes to domestic circuits need to be
checked by an independent inspector.




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Regards
     Stephen

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