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Old 05-01-2012, 02:04 PM   #41
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Old 05-01-2012, 02:06 PM   #42
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There are some here with way more than me.
Yea, but you won't make as much dollars off of them...
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Yea, but you won't make as much dollars off of them...
Oh geeze, now we are going to have to hear about PVC splice boxes in the ground again. Why did you have to pop the lid off that one.


The theory behind arc faults is great, but the execution is terrible. They are a pile of dog sh**, but what can ya do, we are forced to use them.
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That's right and I think that is why they are not made.
I've seen prints that spec a 800 amp gfi main for a carwash.
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I've seen prints that spec a 800 amp gfi main for a carwash.
That would be GFP not GFCI.


I don't think a class A GFCI exists in an 800 amp version.
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That's right and I think that is why they are not made.
I wouldn't be surprised to see whole house GFP in the next 20 years or so. I really don't think it would be that bad of an idea either. It would keep hacks and maintenance guys from using grounds as their neutral. We already are required to put a neutral at every switch box for the very same reason.
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imagine if we see a whole house all on AFCI! that would surely double the price of a service change!
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I wouldn't be surprised to see whole house GFP in the next 20 years or so. I really don't think it would be that bad of an idea either....
Only way I'd go quietly is if they simultaneously eliminated AFCIs. I think a reasonably high level of GFP would actually be a pretty good check against many electrical problems.

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