The GFI switch, also known as the Ground Fault Interrupter switch, is an electrical device that has the duty of preventing electrical shocks and fires by detecting a ground fault and then automatically tripping off the power supply.
For all regular gfi outlets, the power travels through two wires. Think of it as a wire coming from the power company, delivering power to the appliance, and a wire going back, sending any leftover power to be reused.
Now, the earth is a huge mass, which can absorb a lot of electricity, and it will do so gladly. If lightning hits a tree. the power is transmitted through the tree to the earth. Usually the tree doesn't fare very well. The earth doesn't seem to mind at all.
Likewise, if a person is well grounded, by standing on wet ground, touching a grounded pipe or object or soaking in a tub, and they come in contact with electricity, it can travel through them to reach the ground. This can cause intense pain, burns and, sometimes, death.
A GFI has a very sensitive detector that notices if any of that power that came in isn't going back to the power company. It assumes that it is going to ground and shuts off. Wet appliances, wet outlets, frayed wires, evn excess damp in the air can cause GFIs to trip.
A GFI can also protect outlets that are "downstream" of it. If other outlets are wired to it, they will cause the GFI to trip if a ground fault occurs.
Electric motors and GFI's do not get along. the initial draw to get the compressor going is usually enough to trip the GFI. Turn the breaker off and switch the GFI for a regular outlet and you will solve your problem.
Are you sure it is the bulb that its blowing and not the Gfi tripping? Try resetting the gfi. Also try swithing to an incandescent bulb and test your gfi. Also test the cfl in a non-gfi outlet. Cfls return power they don't use and may make the gfi trip. I am not an electrician, just personal experience.
If you're using a GFCI breaker then the entire circuit will be protected by just the breaker alone. Every receptacle, switch, etc on that breaker will utilise the GFCI protection. You may have problems with it tripping if you plug in a motor (vacuum, etc) on the circuit.
If your spa is connected with a GFCI circuit breaker you will not need the GFCI receptacle.
If the GFI outlet is tripped (the outlet, not the breaker) then it is telling you there is a ground fault which must be fixed. If the GFI outlet is not tripped, and the breaker is not tripped, but it is still not providing power, then you have a loose connection or a wiring error.
Electric motors and GFI's do not get along. the initial draw to get the compressor going is usually enough to trip the GFI. Turn the breaker off and switch the GFI for a regular outlet and you will solve your problem.
An electric flow-monitoring switch (GFI switch) detects the difference between the entering and exiting current. So, it is concluded that if the breaker detects some difference then it indicates that the current is flowing through an undesirable path like water or a person is the case, so, it cuts off the power immediately, thus preventing the danger.
No. That is not the purpose of a GFI.
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Are you sure it is the bulb that its blowing and not the Gfi tripping? Try resetting the gfi. Also try swithing to an incandescent bulb and test your gfi. Also test the cfl in a non-gfi outlet. Cfls return power they don't use and may make the gfi trip. I am not an electrician, just personal experience.
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White and the ground go to the disposal, black goes through a switch and then to the disposal. All three go through the switch box, the white and ground just pass through on the way to the disposal. Break the black with the switch.