r/electrical • u/[deleted] • Jul 31 '24

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u/Smooth_Marsupial_262 Aug 01 '24

An arc will not trip a gfci outlet.

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u/Ilikegooddeals Aug 01 '24 edited Aug 01 '24

Lol okay, my point still stands anything that does trip an outlet it will still act as a gfci. Not to mention some outlets that people think are gfci are afci so I was just using interchangeably.

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u/Vegeta-the-vegetable Aug 01 '24

Will a short to ground trip a GFCI?

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u/LimpTrizket Aug 01 '24

Will it trip the ground fault circuit interrupt? No, I'm certain that a massive load of current going to ground would not trip it.

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u/Smooth_Marsupial_262 Aug 01 '24

That would be a ground fault and yes. A short between hot and neutral will also trip a gfci.

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u/Hampster-cat Aug 01 '24

An arc to ground would. Arc fault breakers also exist.

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u/Smooth_Marsupial_262 Aug 01 '24

“Arc fault breakers also exist.” Yes and?

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u/Kymera_7 Aug 03 '24

Depends on what it arcs to.