Boy you blow a lot of smoke about everything except what is being discussed.
I am not talking down to you young man, you are doing a good job doing this yourself. All I am trying to do is give you some good factual information to aid you in your career. It is up to you to accept and confirm or continue to believe what you believe.
With highly schooled professionals making mistakes do you think that you could be mistaken yourself or are you saying that this is something you don’t do?
Maybe we should tell Nick that we should change the SOP and not use the handheld tester. While we are at it maybe we should just send in the Electricians to check everything in the Home. I have no problem with that and have done on occasion.
Three prong receptacles can be tested, two prong cannot be tested by a three prong tester and if an electrician does not have **test equipment, **How do you know it is safe?
If you asked me as an electrician to test a GFCI receptacle to see if it is “SAFE” all I am going to do is push the test button.
IF you asked me as a LEVEL III electrical inspector to test a GFCI receptacle to see if it is “SAFE” all I am going to do is push the test button.
If you ask me as a Department of Insurande certified electrical inspector instructor to test a GFCI receptacle to see if it is “SAFE” all I am going to do is push the test button.
If you ask me as a NCBEECC certified electrical instructor to test a GFCI receptacle to see if it is “SAFE” all I am going to do is push the test button.
One more time, it don’t need an EGC to be safe. What makes it safe is the current flowing throung the black and white wires and these two wires ONLY!