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A \u201cGround Fault Circuit Interrupter<\/strong>\u201d outlet is a special receptacle that provides a safety mechanism to prevent any of us from electric shock. A GFCI receptacle will sense the current flow into the outlet and the current flow out of the outlet. These 2 should match each other \u2013 if they do not, there is a \u201cleak\u201d in current, which will most likely run through the person as a shock. In this case, the GFCI outlet will immediately trip to eliminate this shock hazard.\u00a0 For more information read the article GFCI Outlet Explained<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A \u201cGround Fault Circuit Interrupter\u201d outlet is a special receptacle that provides a safety mechanism to prevent any of us from electric shock. A GFCI receptacle will sense the current flow into the outlet and the current flow out of the outlet. These 2 should match each other \u2013 if they do not, there is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[24],"class_list":["post-13361","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-electrical"],"yoast_head":"\nHow do GFCI Outlets Work? - Scott Home Inspection<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scotthomeinspection.com\/faq-items\/gfci-outlets-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How do GFCI Outlets Work?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A \u201cGround Fault Circuit Interrupter\u201d outlet is a special receptacle that provides a safety mechanism to prevent any of us from electric shock. 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