Electrical Safety and GFCI Protection - tips from ESFI

One of the most important safety devices in your home is a simple electrical device called a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI). Estimates indicate that the installation of GFCIs have saved hundreds of lives and prevented thousands of injuries in the U.S. over the past 30 years.

GFCIs are designed to provide protection against electrical shock from ground faults, or leakage currents, which occur when the electrical current flows outside of the circuit conductors. If a person becomes part of a path for leakage current, he or she will be severely shocked or electrocuted.

If GFCIs were installed in every U.S. home, experts suggest that nearly 70 percent of the approximately 400 electrocutions that occur each year in the home could be prevented.

For more information please visit www.esfi.org

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[glotoniok]

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[scorp1035]

Very Very Good Advice, One saved My Life Good Message, Every House Should have one. We call the ground circuit interupter .... An RCD in The UK