[jimhoward]

I hate GFCI outlets, which I have had in previous houses. They trip at the slightest surge (even though that is not a ground fault), and then you have to find what outlet has the GFCI on it as everything downsteam goes out, yet the breaker doesn't trip. If you have a big house that is a pain.

Here in the villages, all my GFCI's are on the breakers. That makes things way better and easier. The GFCI doesn't trip unless you actually have a ground fault and the tripped GFCI breaker is easy to find.

Do others have GFCI outlets in the villages?


I don't know what an AFCI is (except as explained within this thread). I don't think I have any of those in my house, unless they are in the breakers and look just like GFCIs. Do other people? If I have a short, the breaker itself just trips.

PS...wow learn something new everyday. I looked at my breakers and they all say combination dual purpose AFCI.