"Ken Heaton" wrote in
news:96v3e.158120$fc4.3505@edtnps89:

This is good advice. Actually, as you will find marinas don't have
ground faults on their shore power feeds, this is good advice for
shore power use as well. Ground fault outlets are inexpensive, easy
to install and as only the first outlet on any one circuit has to be
ground fault (the others can be fed through the first, see the
instructions that come with the outlet) there is no excuse for not
having them on your boat. --


I doubt many boats would ever have power if the marinas used ground fault
interrupters. They'd trip every time the boat was plugged in. Most GFIs
are set to something like 6-10ma of leakage. Same is true for washing
machines at home. A little corrosion from the humidity around the
motor....click, no power.....