[R-390] GFCI Travails

[Joe Foley]

ARGH!

Some hair dryers pull 1875 watts, too. Too much by itself for a 15 amp breaker.  Then the customer can' t figure out why everything on that circuit dies.

Joe



--- On Wed, 3/20/13, Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:

From: Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [R-390] GFCI Travails
To: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
Cc: "R-390-List" <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 11:15 AM

I assume the built-in GFCI in the hair dryer is because hair dryers are
often used in bathrooms where there is water and bare skin making it easy
for electrocution accidents to take place.  It wouldn't be in the heat
gun because that is more of an industrial tool.

jhhaynes at earthlink dot net
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