cord and plug with integral GFI

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The women in my family use hair dryers and curling irons. They are now required to come with an integral GFI plug. The GFI has failed on the last three items we've purchased (two hair drayers and one curling iron). I have simply replaced the GFI plug with a standard plug. Has anyone else experienced this problem? And if you have, I wonder how much good equipment is being thrown away because of cheap GFI plugs? With GFI receptacles being required in bathrooms for decades I wonder who felt this redundancy (and extra cost) was necessary. Seems like a good way for the Chinese to sell us more product!
 
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The women in my family use hair dryers and curling irons. They are now required to come with an integral GFI plug. The GFI has failed on the last three items we've purchased (two hair drayers and one curling iron). I have simply replaced the GFI plug with a standard plug. Has anyone else experienced this problem? And if you have, I wonder how much good equipment is being thrown away because of cheap GFI plugs? With GFI receptacles being required in bathrooms for decades I wonder who felt this redundancy (and extra cost) was necessary. Seems like a good way for the Chinese to sell us more product!
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GFCI.

Do you see a UL stamp on the GFCI? Some dont and say "You must test before each use", CYA.
 
wptski said:
What's that have to do with failing???
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The cheapo ones that arent listed because they wouldnt make it, the failure rates are so high they put that staement on there to cover themselves, so when someone gets hurt, in court thier lawyer asks "Did you test it before you used it?" and the victim says "Huh?" case is over, you didnt follow the directions clearly printed on the device.
 
We had the same problem with a 110/v window AC at our office. Everything worked fine for about 2 years, then the built in AFCI started tripping. So we cut it loose and installed a 110/v male cord cap.
 
It is amazing how many things I buy these days which do not work long, do not work out of the box, or must be modified in some manner to get it to work properly.

I'm just glad I know how to do this stuff.

People who are not mechanically / electrically skilled must be having quite a time!
 
The device on the end of the hair dryer cord is not usually a GFCI. I believe they are called appliance leakage detectors or immersion detectors.
 
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