Locate buried electric line?

[TractorGuy]

I think I'll just put an outlet in and not bother with the hassle of a GFCI.

This is the worst idea I've read today. You confirmed the GFCI was doing it's job so you want to bypass it?

 

[downsizingnow48]

Ditto eek

 

[mbohuntr]

Your GFI tripped because it's telling you there is a dangerous condition... I would dig up the whole thing and bury it in sched 80. Do it right.

 

[M5farms]

its a light Post , fix it how ever you want I would have done thrown away the gfi plugs . another useless mandate that they have to be used .

 

[Industrial Toys]

Yes! Utter garbage. I even threw out my spa GFI for falsing. They mandate such garbage but don't have to deal with the expense and irritation.

DANGEROUS . . . . ooooooooo

 

[buckeyefarmer]

DOWSING! ha.... i think we need a new thread to delve into that one..

This has been discussed a good bit before..

 

[TractorGuy]

Properly working GFCI circuits don't have a problem. They were mandated because they protect people that won't protect themselves and others. < that's the polite version

 

[M5farms]

Yes! Utter garbage. I even threw out my spa GFI for falsing. They mandate such garbage but don't have to deal with the expense and irritation.

DANGEROUS . . . . ooooooooo

do you ever look around and wonder how much better things would be if they would let stupid people learn the hard way like it used to be??

 

[M5farms]

Properly working GFCI circuits don't have a problem. They were mandated because they protect people that won't protect themselves and others. < that's the polite version

that's the problem , They eliminate the culling process that comes with natural selection. That's part of the reason this country has gone to SXXX .

 

[Industrial Toys]

Hardly a minute goes by that I don't! lol

As Carlin would say on the subject, take a F$%$%n chance!

You know how many people in modern homes don't have working outlets to run X-mas lights? That stuff is NEVER going to work with GFIs and yet, I don't remember X-Mas ever having being electrocution season! I personally, never got a shock from that. Not one.

Helll, one electrician boss I had routinely used his two fingers to check for a live circuit on 110-220.