[132914] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Want to move to all 208V for server racks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ricky Beam)
Thu Dec 2 17:07:29 2010
To: "Kevin Day" <toasty@dragondata.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:07:08 -0500
From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <DC4B403B-B8FB-42EC-9BE1-531F58285314@dragondata.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:39:16 -0500, Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>
wrote:
> You can get breakers with GFIs built into them(called GFCIs), but
> they're favored less than putting them at the outlet. ...
I think they are now a violation of the NEC. And they were delisted by UL
years ago. They pose a hazard as they will not react fast enough to
prevent a fatal shock. (and the only one's I've ever seen were outlawed as
the breaker itself was a fire hazard.)
--Ricky
