Gfci

[ocd_mariner]

I've got a silly question, but, its either ask now, or explain to my wife why the aquarium burned our house down.

I've got a couple of http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merc...een=PROD&Product_Code=TM-GFI-5&Category_Code=


Is it safe to plug a power strip (that doesnt have the gfci protection) into these and expect the gfci to trip if things go south?


Thanks

 

[Pickupman66]

I am not an electricion, but from my understanding of it, anything on the down circuit side of the gfci is covered by it. take a house for instance. if you install one into a fusebox then all plugs on that circiot are covered. or, if you have one in a bathroom plug, and it is installed "upstream" of other plugs, then all plugs "downstream" of it are covered.

so, Yes, it should cover the power strip as these are simply other plugs downstream of the gfci.

 

[Angela Short]

pickman is correct and sometimes its hard to figure out where the GFCI tripped especially when the builder installed it behind a closet door in the bathroom for some weird reason.... Somewhere we never look but I remembered it was there while painting the bathroom was the only reason I knew where it was located!!

 

[foggy54]

Good call Pickupman,
By the way that's a good price and good solution for those that don't have the gfci outlets supplying pwr. to their tanks.

Angela, Those darn electrician's what were they thinking.:lol:

 

[KAiNE]

Pickupman is correct.
One thing you cant do is plug a GFCI into a GFCI, the first one will trip.

I was an electrician for years.... got out of the heat!!

 

[ocd_mariner]

Thanks for the response.

Tank is being set up now.... I was actually worried last night walking the dog... got to the farthest point away from our house and thought...
"hey, I wonder if thats really gonna work"

 

[cee]

Also, the GFCI will not trip the load side circuits (downstream) if it is not wired correctly, so be sure to follow directions if you install one yourself. The only thing I would caution you about on the "Shockbuster" you linked to is be wary if it doesn't have a UL listing on it. Some of those are coming in out of China and don't have the rigorous testing that UL performs and may not function correctly.

Dave

 

[Angela Short]

Wow, thats good to know Dave. I had a GFCI that would trip if you breathed on it hard and the one in the laundry room is the same. I swapped the one out in the basement because I had tanks on it and it hasn't tripped (without good reason ) since. I wonder if my builder used cheapo china GFCI's...