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[trueblackpercula]

Not necessarily cheap, but you could install a Ground Fault Circuit Breaker. It will protect everything on that circuit. Cheaper than installing GFCI outlets on every plug and could possibly save your life if something like that were to ever happen again.

+1 this is a key with electricity

 

[Ranger Daryl]

I believe Florida building code now requires Ground Fault Circuit Breakers on Bedroom circuits, or maybe its arc fault circuit breakers. I know I had to replace a bunch on my grandmothers home. I think it had them in all rooms though. I know she does not have dedicated GFCI receptacles in any of the wet areas. If one trips you have to go out to the garage to reset it.

 

[fermentedhiker]

It's actually NEC code and not Florida specific that requires arc-fault breakers for bedrooms.

As was mentioned earlier protecting your circuits with GFCI doesn't require a GFCI receptacle in every location. You could do the GFCI breaker or a possibly cheaper alternative would be to place a GFCI receptacle as the first outlet in each circuit. If you look on the back of the GFCI you will see a second set of connecting lugs labeled "load". You connect the wire from your breaker box to the line side of the GFCI and the wire going to the rest of the outlets gets connected to the "load" lugs. When wired in this configuration this one GFCI outlet will protect all devices after it.

 

[Pitter98]

You could do the GFCI breaker or a possibly cheaper alternative would be to place a GFCI receptacle as the first outlet in each circuit. If you look on the back of the GFCI you will see a second set of connecting lugs labeled "load". You connect the wire from your breaker box to the line side of the GFCI and the wire going to the rest of the outlets gets connected to the "load" lugs. When wired in this configuration this one GFCI outlet will protect all devices after it.

Totally forgot about this - and what is worse, I even installed a GFCI plug in this configuration like 2 days ago. :hmm2: One good thing to remember if you install it as the first outlet in the series is to put in a big enough GFCI that it will cover the load of all the outlets. GFCI outlets come in 15 and 20 amp - best to get the size outlet that matches your circuit breaker (likely 20 amp) so you don't overload the plug without tripping the main breaker.