These constant changes to the electrical code is very upsetting to me. As if we didn't have a safe electrical system. In Ontario Canada, Electrical Safety Association reported 6 deaths in 2018 in 14+million population. There was 135 people dead in
10 years total.
2019 Ontario Electrical Safety Report It is as safe as AstraZeneca vaccine OKed by FDA !! It is 40x safer than driving !
I wouldn't mind if the changes made no financial impact on affordability of living but it aint so. Newly required GFCI equipment is 800% more expensive than comparable electrical devices, with unproven track safety record. Nobody is hurting from cheap, robust and simple non-GFCI equipment.
Since there is no measureable social benefit to constantly raising price of the electrical installation, my view of the situation is that the industry pressure and very possible corruption at the helm of national electical safety organizations are the only motivation for constant updates and harassment from electrical safety authorities.
Sorry I had to vent out somewhere where people might understand and care
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Canadian electrical safety authorities are pretty much just shadowing US changes. Homedepot sells the same stuff, and what I said I feel is true in the whole North America.