Author Topic: Thank god for circuit breakers  (Read 295 times)

Well, today my dad discovered that an extension cord that powered a light on our patio had shorted out from water. When he found it, part of the fence was black from melted plastic from the cord. He says that the circuit breaker helped stop the electricity. Whoever invented circuit breakers I love you.

not God, thank Hugo Stotz

A proper outdoor setup would have a GFCI that would've stopped this in less than 0.03 seconds  :cookieMonster: