gfi indicator light
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Sierrasparky
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What's wrog with the LED indicator
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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I see them both ways. Some light when set, some light when tripped.
Sierrasparky
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people stll use film :grin:
Seriously I think that Leviton is phasing them out I'd look for old stock or another brand.
How many darkrooms are you going to wire these days anyhow?
LarryFine
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You're right! *gasp!* It's a power-company conspiracy!
Sierrasparky
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And Maybe , just Maybe with all the power saved in the country by not lighting those LED's we could save enough power to light up my home for ONE second.
Sierrasparky
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Then you're good to go!
Are they stil smart loc?
SPARKS40
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That would explain the $100.00 or so increase to my electric bill last winter.....:wink:
SiddMartin
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guy at big orange told me they are gettin rid of them, had a whole bin of them on sale.
Pierre C Belarge
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That may be to make room for the Weather Resistant type now being put on the market.
macmikeman
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Its why they make double bubble chewing gum for; to stick over the little bitty light so it don't ruin your negatives. Alternate solution - put the gfi in an outlet outside the darkroom and run the interior of the darkroom outlets on the load side. But please run one thing past me first..... why we putting gfi outlets in darkrooms for anyway is there a sink to deal with in there?
Call me a darkroom dullard, never stepped into one.
Call me a darkroom dullard, never stepped into one.
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stickboy1375
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Another person asked what's wrong with the indicator light. I gave my opinion of what I don't like about it. Nothing about a power-company conspiracy. :-? More about a manufacturer using flashy new technology as a gimmick to increase sales. An always on LED does nothing to improve the performance or usefulness of the GFI.You're right! *gasp!* It's a power-company conspiracy!
Phantom loads are at least 10% of a household's total power consumption. I am just trying not to increase this further. "Add up all Americans, and the phantom load accounts for $10 billion in energy costs ever year. Yes, $10 billion. And the load demands 100 billion kilowatt hours of electricity." I don't know what the exact wattage is for these tiny LEDs but it's not zero. Because it's pocket change for you and me doesn't mean it is negligable when added up nationally.
Actually the power companies around here just started rebates to reduce energy loads on their grid. $0.35 per watt reduced for lighting. Plus other rebates. Up to $100k per customer per year. Seems it costs them more to build more capacity so they're trying to increase capacity by lowering demand. Power companies aren't always the enemy.
ElectricianJeff
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That settles it, I'm moving!
jaylectricity
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You're right! *gasp!* It's a power-company conspiracy!
I get a check for $10 every month in exchange for leaving all the lights on in my customer's house when I leave.
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