CHANGING FROM A ISOLATED SYSTEM TO GFCI'S

[P.COLLETT]

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FLOORING MATERIAL TO BE USED IN A SURGERY ROOM, IF YOU CHANGE FROM A ISOLATED SYSTEM TO USING GFCI'S?

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[ August 30, 2005, 04:16 PM: Message edited by: P.COLLETT ]

 

[roger]

Re: CHANGING FROM A ISOLATED SYSTEM TO GFCI'S

Why would there be?.

Roger

 

[charlie b]

Re: CHANGING FROM A ISOLATED SYSTEM TO GFCI'S

Please turn off the ALL CAPS feature. It makes the post more difficult to read. It is also considered impolite, as though you were SHOUTING at us.

 

[hardworkingstiff]

Re: CHANGING FROM A ISOLATED SYSTEM TO GFCI'S

I'm not sure why you would do this. It's my understanding the reason to have isolated grounds in a surgical room is that if you have a ground fault you will get an alarm but not lose power in the middle of a procedure. I sure would not want to be the patient if a fault occurred in the middle of a delicate moment and you tripped the GFCI.

[ August 30, 2005, 08:42 PM: Message edited by: hardworkingstiff ]

 

[hardworkingstiff]

Re: CHANGING FROM A ISOLATED SYSTEM TO GFCI'S

My last post is wrong in that I said isolated ground. It is an isolated system as the original post said. The transformer does not have a grounded secondary, hence you can have a fault to ground on either side of the transformer without tripping a breaker. GFCI's will not serve the same purpose.