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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Have you ever seen a GFI fail?
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Yes, I had one fail. I had placed it under the kitchen sink, and a 'leak situation' caused it to fail.
Since then I have learned that normal GFIs are not meant for wet area use, and that if you want to use a normal GDI, you need to locate it in it's own box, in a dry area, and then run lines to the area that could be wet.
Wet Area GFIs are also available.
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When they fail catastrophically they put out a lot of heat then.
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I didn't notice that but I don't doubt that it would be true.
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I have found that even after you turn off certain AV toys they still continue to suck down just as much power.
About like a wall warts power consumption when its unhooked versus actually charging or powering some small item.
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Yeah, that was my insight too, when I saw the Flir pix. It's horrible. I think that they were designed before "energystar" ratings happened, and that the very same functionality could be had at a small fraction of the wasted energy.
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I am thinking about buying one. The price on their base model units has just about been cut in have over the last 8 to 10 years.
I see anything from electrical trouble shooting, bearing health monitor, automotive, welding preheat and post heating, HVAC, energy use and conservation, security, extermination and hunting.
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Great! I think that they are extremely useful.
But I rented mine specifically to check out house leaks, and I certainly got a To-Do list out of my experience.
For my use, it would be better to rent a unit and spend the money that a purchase would consume, on materials and time to implement the changes that I now realize need to be made.
Best,
-AC