Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Joerg Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Very slightly OT: Circuit breaker compatibility Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:20:49 -0700 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net PQ+LWdk6fH8dRJPPoHmmSgKwJa9iXTeB9L8LGV9uGaEtHnNhix Cancel-Lock: sha1:iLuBheGyQPRC5AbnFf1ddWZUeV4= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070728 Thunderbird/2.0.0.6 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com sci.electronics.design:451643 On 2017-03-12 17:43, krw@notreal.com wrote: > On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 08:16:55 -0700, Joerg > wrote: > > >> That all becomes a pain when, like happened to me, you have a >> thunderstorm and ... THWOCK ... lights out. Now where is a flashlight in >> this building? Where could the breaker panel be? Basement? Which room in >> the basement? Or is there a subpanel on another floor? Maybe on this floor? > > Kitchens must have at least two small appliance circuits. > >>> If you enjoy the convenience of having the ability to reset a blown breaker >>> AT the receptacle, why not put a GFCI on EACH branch circuit? ("Gee, which >>> bedroom has the GFCI for *this* bedroom's outlets?") > > Why would you have a GFCI for a bedroom? > Because of kids. What I did as a kid still makes me develop goose bumps. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/