arseegee:

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Then I'd say "yeah, there's no telling how many lives have been save by a GFI when installed the right way, but theres no telling how many people have been electrocuted by one wired wrong either". Then I would walk off.

The thing that gets me the questions are always directed as to making something work, hooking it up, and once that information is gathered the question never comes up, which in my opinion is the most important, what happens if it doesnt work, does the breaker keep on putting power to the device they wired, does the box become hot if the hot conductor accidently breaks or comes off the device for some unknown reason ? My question is will the circuit trip the breaker/blow the fuse if it doesnt work.
We as electricians spend an awful lot of time connecting wires that we hope will never have to carry current. How many times have we seen the grounding conductor either cut or just completely disregarded.
I never had a problem before giving advice on these subjects, but after this thread I am just going to NOT give any.
As Sparky says the big L-word keeps rearing it ugly head.
-Mark-