Meaning: A province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources. Classified under: Nouns denoting spatial position. Synonyms: Hunan; Hunan province. Instance hypernyms:
The special-purpose GFCI category is for applications where equipment grounding is provided by the NEC or where the voltage is greater than 150V. Specialty GFCIs trip when the current to ground has a value of 15 to 20 mA.
GFCI is an acronym for ground fault circuit interrupter. It is a circuit breaker, or a trip-switch so that should a hair dryer fall into the sink, the circuit will trip, shutting off the electricity to the outlet. These are now code for any outlet within 6 feet of a sink. Some jurisdictions provide other rules on where an outlet can be positioned in relation to a sink.