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    Jason Lord
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GFI question

Typical day, I overhear that FX will spray water on the set and my bestboy brought a bunch of 15amp edison GFI's wanting to plug them into the soco breakouts.

I've never encountered this before. Can GFI's be plugged into dimmer feeds?  We're using ETC Sensor3 racks.

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    Not a great idea.

    Honestly, I've never heard of this either. Sounds like they are inexpensive home depot GFI's? If so they are calibrated to sense a difference in current at 120 volts. As you dim it - I wouldn't expect the GFI to GFI anymore.

    If the lights are more or less at full - this might provide some level of protection.

    Typically you put a large GFI on the service in question - and then adjust the sensitivity so it doesn't constantly trip as your crew plugs/unplugs/plugs/unplugs everything in site.....

    This question is probably better suited for a licensed electrician and a lawyer.
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    Not a great idea.

    Honestly, I've never heard of this either. Sounds like they are inexpensive home depot GFI's? If so they are calibrated to sense a difference in current at 120 volts. As you dim it - I wouldn't expect the GFI to GFI anymore.

    If the lights are more or less at full - this might provide some level of protection.

    Typically you put a large GFI on the service in question - and then adjust the sensitivity so it doesn't constantly trip as your crew plugs/unplugs/plugs/unplugs everything in site.....

    This question is probably better suited for a licensed electrician and a lawyer.
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