[Boatanchors] BA's and 3-wire cords

[Gary Schafer]

Many people think that. The truth is that they look for an imbalance of 
current between the hot and neutral wires. No ground wire needed for 
proper operation.

If there is leakage to earth there would be more current on the hot lead 
that on the neutral lead and it would trip.

Tossing the ba in the tube would definitely trip a gfi. Even if no 
ground wire attached.

73
Gary  k4FMX


George KB2Z wrote:
> A GFI needs a good ground to operate as designed. Without the ground 
> they are a receptacle. I wouldnt drop that BA in the tub without the 
> ground. I have seen them trip due to a ground loop, or leaky ground.
> Good luck, George KB2Z
> 
> 
> 
> At 05:22 PM 1/13/05 -0500, you wrote:
> 
>> Ground fault interrupters do not require a ground to operate. They 
>> only measure the difference in current on the hot and neutral.
>>
>> 73
>> Gary  K4FMX
>>
>> Horace W. Hall wrote:
>>
>>>> Under normal conditions, there is not supposed to be any current 
>>>> flowing
>>>
>>> in the ground wire that connects the main breaker box to the 
>>> appliance, <
>>> Ground fault interrupters will trip off if there is current detected 
>>> in the
>>> ground lead, as there would be if ground & neutral were connected 
>>> together
>>> at the radio.
>>> --Wayne
>>>   WB4OGM
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