{"id":1481,"date":"2011-06-16T10:10:50","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T15:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:19:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:19:01","slug":"gfci-products-how-they-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/shop-equipment\/gfci-products-how-they-work\/","title":{"rendered":"GFCI Products: How They Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1482\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/GFCI-Indoor-Outlet-Adapters-id57397.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1482\" title=\"GFCI-Indoor-Oulet-Adapters\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GFCI-Indoor-Oulet-Adapters-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GFCI-Indoor-Oulet-Adapters-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GFCI-Indoor-Oulet-Adapters.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GFCI-Indoor-Oulet-Adapters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>GFCI products prevent electrical shocks by monitoring the flow of electricity in a circuit. In particular, they monitor the amount of electricity going into the circuit and the amount of electricity returning to the circuit.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"GFCI Indoor Outlet Adapters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/GFCI-Indoor-Outlet-Adapters-id57397.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GFCI devices<\/a> are especially sensitive to leaks. A leak occurs when the amount of electricity returning to the device is less than the amount of electricity entering the circuit.<\/p>\n<p>When a GFCI device detects a leak or other abnormalities in the electric currents, it instantly disconnects the circuit and cuts off all electrical flow. By doing so, electrical shocks are prevented from happening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GFCI products prevent electrical shocks by monitoring the flow of electricity in a circuit. In particular, they monitor the amount of electricity going into the circuit and the amount of electricity returning to the circuit. GFCI devices are especially sensitive to leaks. A leak occurs when the amount of electricity returning to the device is &#8230; <a title=\"GFCI Products: How They Work\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/shop-equipment\/gfci-products-how-they-work\/\" aria-label=\"More on GFCI Products: How They Work\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,89],"tags":[392,393,399,1084],"class_list":["post-1481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safety-products","category-shop-equipment","tag-gfci","tag-gfci-products","tag-ground-fault-circuit-interruptor","tag-shop-equipment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13170,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions\/13170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}