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Old 09-15-2016, 08:03 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by sum escape View Post
+1 on this.
When we stayed at Fort Pierce City Marina, they had you come to the fuel dock for "testing" before they would allow you to use the new floating docks with the new electrical pedestals referred to in this thread. They had you plug in with all circuits turned off, then flip each circuit on, one by one. We were thankful that we passed.
We stayed at a marina which the dockmaster proudly told me had recently installed a very expensive electrical management system which could pinpoint any problem, down to which outlet on which pedestal.

When I expressed concern that my boat was built before GFCIs were common, he couldn't wait to try out his new toy. He reported back that we were "100%" OK according to his system.

Actually, there was one problem outlet that did trip a GFCI at another marina, but I wasn't using it at the time.
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