Chile1a
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Anyone recall when the switch/ GFCI combo device came on the market and was readily available to consummers?
Switch/ GFCI combo device
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What switch/ GFCI combo device are we talking about?
Chris
Chris
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http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...9&cm_mmc=shopping-_-google-_-D27X-_-100656409
Often used in hotel bathrooms
Often used in hotel bathrooms
peter d
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And apartments.
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Thanks Bob, I have never installed or seen one of those. I could see how they might be useful in a small hotel bathrooms.
Chris
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Pass and Seymour makes them also although I also have never used them.
Chile1a
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Sw/GFI combo
Sw/GFI combo
I was looking into the history of this device. I would like to know when they were first available to the consummer, was it before 2000 or after?
Sw/GFI combo
I was looking into the history of this device. I would like to know when they were first available to the consummer, was it before 2000 or after?
peter d
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According to P&S's website, they invented the GFCI receptacle in 1971, so I would imagine the combination devices came on the market soon after.
al hildenbrand
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It's definitely before 2000. Seems to me I saw them in the wild in the mid to late '80s.
Chile1a
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Thanks for your help.
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Are you asking about GFCI or the combo sw/gfci? The combo unit is listed as "new" in the P&S site-- at least the one I posted.
al hildenbrand
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Dennis,
The first ones I ever saw, the ones I recall from the '80s were made by SquareD, as I recall.
That P&S device is a pretty thing.
The first ones I ever saw, the ones I recall from the '80s were made by SquareD, as I recall.
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I like the P & S also but I had not seen any til today. I live a sheltered life, I guess.
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I guess I do too, as I haven't seen one of these before today either.
Chris
Pierre C Belarge
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Is this switch/receptacle required to be installed in any particular orientation?
Pass and Seymour makes them also although I also have never used them.
Is this switch/receptacle required to be installed in any particular orientation?
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Pierre C Belarge
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With the front facing out of the box is usually a good orientation.
Take a good look at both switches...
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Take a good look at both switches...
IMO I can install them in any direction I choose.
peter d
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Take a good look at both switches...
They both have the "test" and "reset" buttons printed both ways, so I would say it's irrelevant. Now, on the P&S model the toggle switch would be "upside down" depending on how you orient it but I don't see a big deal as that toggle switch does not appear to be indicating.
JohnJ0906
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Is that a 404.7 violation?
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