A grounding probe without a GFCI device is inadequate protection. There are many fault scenarios & the best bet is a GFCI with respect to safety. By the time a 15 amp circuit breaker blows, if any of your body parts are in the tank, you will be a hurting buckaroo, if not dead. Circuit breakers are to keep your house from burning down, not for personal protection from getting shocked.
I am using a GFCI power bar but the probe on its own would provide enough protection from stray voltage. As soon as the current started flowing into the tank it would go to ground as the path of least resistance. That's how a probe protects you, not by triggering a breaker.
08-28-2013, 01:33 PM
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