How can I best protect my setup from electrical hazards?

[dkeller_nc]

When people say outlet, do they mean each socket where a plug goes in, or the actual place where there are two sockets..?

I can plug my AC into a different socket on the same outlet...moving to a different outlet would be possible with a long extension cord.

A "receptacle" is the place that will have two sockets in it for plugging things into. However, realize that just because two things are plugged into two different receptacles doesn't necessarily mean they're on two different circuits, jus that they might be.

It's really beyond the scope of this forum to explain how basic residential wiring works, but you might want to google it and read a quick article on the subject. It will explain how multiple receptacles will be wired into the same circuit box, and how to chase down which circuits supply which receptacles.

 

[hkgar]

I haven read everything, so it may have been said. The GFCI need not be the wall outlet you are using. I installed my GFCI on an outlet across the room. The other outlet needs to be on the sam circuit as the protected outlet. The used outlet also needs to be before (closer to the breaker box).

I almost gave away my age and wrote "fuse box".

 

[JingoFresh]

A "receptacle" is the place that will have two sockets in it for plugging things into. However, realize that just because two things are plugged into two different receptacles doesn't necessarily mean they're on two different circuits, jus that they might be.

It's really beyond the scope of this forum to explain how basic residential wiring works, but you might want to google it and read a quick article on the subject. It will explain how multiple receptacles will be wired into the same circuit box, and how to chase down which circuits supply which receptacles.

As far as 'circuit' everything in my kitchen and living room seems to be on the same circuit. When an electrician came in to repair something in this old building, he cut power to the circuit and everything in my kitchen and living room went off.

The GFCI, drip loops and mounting on wall should be safe I'm hoping. I can't really use other receptacles, and without the AC it should be OK....

 

[hkgar]

Things happen. Have you ever broken a dish? Things happen and we don't know how, because if we did it wouldn't have happened.

A couple weeks ago while working on the sump, I inadvertenly bump a light and it fell into the tank. Literally before I even know it had happened everything was shut down. My hand in the water (and me) would probably friend without the GFCI. Sure I did something stupid, but we all do and S*** happens.

Didn't your mother ever tell you (in load words) "better safe than sorry"?

 

[whosurcaddie]

Just get the GFCI adapter mentioned in an earlier post problem solved.

 

[JingoFresh]

Setup is much better now...

I just wanted to check how I could incorporate surge protection.

It seems GFCI adapters do not incorporate surge protection, and would like to avoid plugging a GFCI adapter into a surge protector or vice versa....what setups do most people use to have both surge and GFCI protection?