Another Fire Loss!
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Don't know if this would work and possibly one of the electrical engineering gurus could approve or disapprove this idea but.........while your truck is plugged in would it be of a tool to locate overheating areas buy occasionally using a "No Contact" Infra-red temperature indicator to check for hot spots?
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I can't power my block heater with a GFI, always trips, on any of my trucks.
Figured it's drawing too much juice.
It's been years since I needed it since I park inside now, but not sure how you guys are able to use GFI's. ???
Figured it's drawing too much juice.
It's been years since I needed it since I park inside now, but not sure how you guys are able to use GFI's. ???
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A GFI's only job is to sense currents to ground.
Its a imbalance of the hot and neutral.
It does nothing to protect from shorts, over currents ect
of a ac circuit.
Some info
How Ground Fault Protection Works | DoItYourself.com
Bill
Its a imbalance of the hot and neutral.
It does nothing to protect from shorts, over currents ect
of a ac circuit.
Some info
How Ground Fault Protection Works | DoItYourself.com
Bill
This is true. A GFI is to protect you and nothing else. I read a few times that a GFI will not work if you are not grounded such as standing on a wood floor. But if you are not grounded you should not get zapped right?
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Correct.
But you can still be a conductor.
Remember voltage is just the shock you feel.
The human body cannot even handle 1amp.
Bill
But you can still be a conductor.
Remember voltage is just the shock you feel.
The human body cannot even handle 1amp.
Bill
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A GFI's only job is to sense currents to ground.
Its a imbalance of the hot and neutral.
It does nothing to protect from shorts, over currents ect
of a ac circuit.
Some info
How Ground Fault Protection Works | DoItYourself.com
Bill
Its a imbalance of the hot and neutral.
It does nothing to protect from shorts, over currents ect
of a ac circuit.
Some info
How Ground Fault Protection Works | DoItYourself.com
Bill
thanks
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From: THUNDER BAY
gfi work by detecting a difference between the hot wire and the neutral wire so unless there is a direct short the gfi won't trip if you would have thrown some water on it then it would have probably tripped out the gfi... i'm a electrician and have never seen a gfi that was bad that would still work and not trip all the ones i have ever seen just won't reset if bad
I am glad I don,t have to play with electricity like you guys there is no second chances.
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