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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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Entry 117 of 189 |
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GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) Outlet
The goal of these outlets is to cut power when there is a short in the line detected. They are typically installed in outdoor and areas near the potential for water (like a sink). However, the outlet that I had my heating cables plugged into tripped, which resulted in no power going to my heating cables. After the initial installation process they were all working and sometime after that, the outlet tripped. I noticed when I went to plant my seedlings about a week or so after I had thought the cables were running the soil was cooler than I expected.
When I checked for power there was none, so I went to the outlet and sure enough it had tripped for an unknown reason. As a result the soil that I thought had been warming had not been. This is not what I was hoping for, but this had never happened to me before. The biggest concern at this point is corn seed maggots and reduced early growth. However, corn seed maggots have not been a problem for me in the past. I now have an indicator light so I can tell if the outlet ever trips again during the now critical period of cold nights with plants in the ground.
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