Thread: GFI (UPDATE)
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Old 07-24-2008, 03:37 PM   #4
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So...GFI "monitors" current on its ground circuit if a very small milliamphere limit is detected it shuts off power to its outlets and any on the "load" connections.
As commemented by others this can be induced by any "wetness" present on circuits downstream of this outlet.
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