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Question:
Where can one find a GFCI protection device that disconnects > |> both hot phase wires and the neutral at the same time?


Answer:
According to an electrical inspector that I had coffee with on Sunday,

The typical residential GFCI outlet and breaker DOES open the neutral upon a trip. Neither of us have actually tested this so I would get a meter out before I played you bet your life.

Personally I will not use any water based appliance with the light on. I figure that my life is worth more than 10 bucks. In the early days of GFCI's I saw that they would not trip, they failed more than they worked. I know technology has gotten better but I still feel that my life is worth more.


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