And your point is what?
Yes, GFCIs are a great safety device.
Nope.
Are you still stuck in 1970?
My point is that appliances often trip GFI receptacles. You insist they are malfunctioning, that mfrs are not making them properly & on & on. Appliance mfrs have been making appliances much longer than electrical mfrs have been making GFI receptacles. Maybe the electrical mfrs are doing something wrong with the receps. Maybe they somehow read/analyze motor & compressor loads incorrectly. Why would the same appliance trip a receptacle but not a GFI breaker.
For years GFI receptacles could lose their GFI protection but still pass current. I saw a lot of those out & around. Sometimes, the test button would still trip it too. So a lot of them were not protecting anyone.
I just can't understand why you think it's better to force GFi's in garages, cause a lot of spoiled food & crow that the food was worth it if 1 life is saved. Then someone chimes in that they need a freezer alarm. Some help if they are out of town. I grant a garage should generally have GFI. But an appliance outlet blocked by the appliance is not likely to be used for general use. Neither are the overhead recepts that now must be GFI as well. We'll fight that one out next. I ask you again, how many people have you ever heard of being electrocuted on an appliance outlet in a garage? Can you name one? Fortunately, the breaker option exists, if panel has space for it. But I see it as the customer being forced to spend unnecessary money. Some say it's good for my business. Sometimes it is; but generally speaking, higher costs have cost me more work than they have created.
No, I'm not stuck in 1970. I turned 13 that year & turning on a light was my most involved electrical work.
Sooner or later, we'll find something to agree on. Until then, I sharpen my hatchet when I think of you.:lol: