200 milli amp GFCI

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spooky42

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Instructor at a pool seminar stated that a pool light has to be on a 200 milli amp GFI. Have never heard of this .Am I missing something?
 
ActionDave said:
Where to get one and what the "instructor's" credentials are.

If that is really what he said.
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Credentials are good. Everything else he said seems to make sense. He does pool seminars all over the country.
Supply house has never heard of a 200 milli amp GFCI for personal protection.
 
spooky42 said:
Credentials are good. Everything else he said seems to make sense. He does pool seminars all over the country.
Supply house has never heard of a 200 milli amp GFCI for personal protection.
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The instructor is in error. I believe he is thinking only Ground Fault Protection of Equipment is required. The relevant section uses the term ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI). This term is defined in Article 100 Definitions and requires a Class A device.
 
I believe the std. is approx a 5 mil trip for personal protection. I've used GFI breakers for commercial de-icing cable (Siemens I believe) that were set for a 30 mil trip. However, I haven't seen any that trip at 200 mils. It would be interesting if the instructor could site a Code section and maybe provide a product cut sheet.
 
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