shortyjacobs
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Some previous owner of this house was GFCI crazy. At least 2/3rds of the outlets are either GFCI or ganged to one.
The ones in my garage are GFCI, 15 amp service, 120 volt. I wanna run my RIMS off of them, (4500W 240V element, which will draw somewhere around 9 amps at 120V, if I recall right, march pump pulling 1.4 amps, and the PID, which will have negligible draw). I checked the outlets both with the "test" button on them and with the test button on one of these, and they check out.
So, am I safe to use them? With all the talk about using extra GFCIs and paying big money for them, it seems weird to just use one in the wall, but I don't see why not...
The ones in my garage are GFCI, 15 amp service, 120 volt. I wanna run my RIMS off of them, (4500W 240V element, which will draw somewhere around 9 amps at 120V, if I recall right, march pump pulling 1.4 amps, and the PID, which will have negligible draw). I checked the outlets both with the "test" button on them and with the test button on one of these, and they check out.
So, am I safe to use them? With all the talk about using extra GFCIs and paying big money for them, it seems weird to just use one in the wall, but I don't see why not...
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