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Old 05-02-2009, 04:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Gizmo View Post
I'll just quip in with this: while yes the gfi can protect you, it can also be a danger to your inhabitants. By that I mean, say you went on a holiday. And you had all your gear plugged into this trustful device, and pop it has a nuceince trip. Pumps are down heaters are down and your tank is toast. I say run your lighting and non mission critical systems on a gfi but keep at a min one powerhead and a heater off that gfi
I've split my system between 2 GFI breakers and a GFI outlet for that reason.
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