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  2. Residual-current device - Wikipedia

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    A residual-current device (RCD), residual-current circuit breaker (RCCB) or ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) [a] is an electrical safety device, more specifically a form of Earth-leakage circuit breaker, that interrupts an electrical circuit when the current passing through line and neutral conductors of a circuit is not equal (the term residual relating to the imbalance), therefore ...

  3. Three-prong adaptor - Wikipedia

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    Note that an external GFCI receptacle tester may not make an ungrounded GFCI trip, as these testers use the ground connection to simulate a fault. But the test button integrated into the GFCI receptacle should function normally and cause the outlet to shut off until it is reset manually.

  4. NEMA connector - Wikipedia

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    Tamper-resistant GFCI duplex receptacle type 5-20RA, which can take 5-15 and 5-20 grounding plugs and 1-15 non-grounding plugs. These versions of the 5-15R or 5-20R receptacle are residual-current devices, and have "Test" and "Reset" buttons (and sometimes an indicator light which may be normally on or normally off per the vendor's design). In ...

  5. Electrical outlet tester - Wikipedia

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    A receptacle tester being used to check for some types of improper wiring of an outlet. For this particular tester, proper wiring is indicated by the two yellow lights. The outlet tester checks that each contact in the outlet appears to be connected to the correct wire in the building's electrical wiring. It can identify several common wiring ...

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    President Donald Trump has issued a slew of executive orders (EO) since beginning his second term, including one that may have an impact on your tax refund.One of Trump’s EOs initiated a hiring ...

  7. Fridge Full of Horror: Couple Was Dismembered in 'Icebox ...

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    The outlet reported that a theory about Charles’ alleged motive had been put together by Hugh and Martha Gardenier, a Houston couple who wrote in a self-published book around the turn of the ...

  8. Peyton Manning Urges Travis Kelce to Take 'Some Time ... - AOL

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    “Take some time, take a full month,” he told Kelce, via the outlet. “Let some things digest and calm down. I think you’ll make a better decision then.” ... I'm not making any crazy ...

  9. Circuit breaker - Wikipedia

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    A small circuit breaker typically has a manual control lever to switch the circuit off or reset a tripped breaker, while a larger unit may use a solenoid to trip the mechanism, and an electric motor to restore energy to springs (which rapidly separate contacts when the breaker is tripped).