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Highest bidder. Exactly like this one:


http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/HUBBEL ... GFCI-1DJG9" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

33 views and no bites.

We really just want to see you write a paragraph on the value of having GFCI protection on your brew rig! Lol hahaha

Sent from the brew timer.

I was actually going to include note that I was selling it because they are bullshit.

mr x wrote:I was actually going to include note that I was selling it because they are bullshit.

I was waiting for that!

I'm missing something... Why do you think GFCI outlets are bullshit? I suppose if your wiring is done correctly and you've chosen the correct fuse or breaker for your application, a GFCI serves little purpose. I'm a proponent of redundancy however, and I have seen breakers fail short several times at work, and were it not for the fact that we have 2 stage breakers throughout the plant, someone could have been hurt.

Jayme wrote:I'm missing something... Why do you think GFCI outlets are bullshit? I suppose if your wiring is done correctly and you've chosen the correct fuse or breaker for your application, a GFCI serves little purpose. I'm a proponent of redundancy however, and I have seen breakers fail short several times at work, and were it not for the fact that we have 2 stage breakers throughout the plant, someone could have been hurt.

Slow down there cowboy! Let's not open that debate again!

Check out this thread: http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewto ... f=6&t=3094" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and this one: http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewto ... =41&t=3316" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

for the answer to that question!

Haha thanks Dave. While it did not actually answer my question, I get that we don't need another debate. Grounding is a hell of a thing. I actually just spend a significant portion of my day today fixing a ground loop. Mind you the equipment I'm working on is a fair bit more complicated than an electric brew kettle. On a side note, a former co-worker (electrical engineer, should have known better) built an electric brew kettle a few years back and couldn't understand why it hurt to touch the water when the kettle was plugged in... He didn't ground it and the water was sitting at 60Vac GFCI would have been of no use in that case!

so he was getting shocked? forgive me, I'm slow

Yup! But these days I laugh at 60V. That's just a tingle.