Faulty Ground Fault Failure
Added 2024-04-23 18:46:03 +0000 UTCHELLO EVERYONE! How's life? Ready for another video?!
DO ME A FAVOR AND CHECK YOUR GFCI OR RCD DEVICES REGULARLY! Not with a resistor like I do, just push the test button. KEEP YOURSELVES SAFE!
Have fun!
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Dont mess with that. I had a house fire in 2014 because the insulation on the individual wires WITHIN the outer sheath of a romex wire in my unfinished basement had gotten dry with age (House was built in '72) and cracked, allowing arcs between the individual conductors. The house was almost a total loss, but the fire marshal was able to find the fault, and I even kept the piece of wire he found, with visible tiny little "welds" from the live wire it was arcing to. I think even a GFCI may not have saved me, but now we have "Arc fault" breakers which are now code, and supposedly detect this condition.
Steve Jones
2024-05-20 18:33:15 +0000 UTCyes of course. I say that I struggle and am grateful that I can contribute even if it's only a dollar, and you come and flex OOH I CAN give 25 dollars oooh look at me. May I say that there is room for improvement in your choice of reply.
Aethalides
2024-05-08 07:05:48 +0000 UTCWell, it is worth to join ElectroBOOM even with 25 dollars which i did.
The-Erro1
2024-05-08 07:04:00 +0000 UTCWell. I do have a faulty GFCI or as we call it FI. I didn't notice when i made my high voltage power supply finnish that the high voltage cable jacket was broken and arced to the metall housing. It was really dangerous because i saw arcs jumping from the housing to different places, like small purple arcs. The GFCI didn't pop
The-Erro1
2024-05-02 06:34:56 +0000 UTCCan I say again Mehdi that I am glad that it is possible to join your Patreon at only $1 a month. Many creators set minimums like $4 and even though I think they are worth my support, I cannot in good faith give them $4 dollars a month!
Aethalides
2024-04-28 19:51:04 +0000 UTCWhy only 5mA? European RCD/GFCI trips just before 30mA (and twice the voltage)
Thomas Eriksen
2024-04-24 18:47:18 +0000 UTCSorry I keep forgetting that when I schedule it to release, it goes private in the meantime! It will be live in 25 minutes from this comment!
ElectroBOOM [Mehdi Sadaghdar]
2024-04-24 14:36:12 +0000 UTCThe video is set to private & I cannot watch it - Mehdi please help!
Mark G
2024-04-24 13:02:18 +0000 UTCHi! Ever seen a Duspol (it’s a brand name but used for that class of device, at least in the German speaking world) ? They are very handy and also allow to check GFCI without risk :)
Patrick Kormann EVPaddy
2024-04-24 10:33:17 +0000 UTCIs the video down?
Zhenbang Xiao
2024-04-24 09:20:28 +0000 UTCHello Mehdi, when are you visiting India to check the same? Please let us know.
SAI VAMSHI
2024-04-24 03:29:58 +0000 UTCIt's amazing how much money you can save by just opening and closing faulty things!!!!
David Roberts
2024-04-23 19:54:57 +0000 UTCGfci? I don't think anyone knows what gfci is in iran 😂
Hosein
2024-04-23 19:32:53 +0000 UTCThe Canadian outlets thought they were safe....
Allan Lindqvist
2024-04-23 18:50:31 +0000 UTC
