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There is this notion that if someone has not seen anything happen before, all must be well. You all know we have had a flood in our house. In the midst of it all, I asked my wife for a power strip so that I could plug in more pumps in the bathroom. She gives me one, I plug it in, and bam, the outlet shuts off. I unplug the power strip and tilt it on its side and water pours out of it! Here I was standing in a puddle of water and holding a device that was full of conductive water. The GFCI circuit saved me my bacon. Never before had I seen a GFCI do anything useful (than trip when it shouldn't be). But here were were, it protecting me. So the statement from Bob that he has never seen an issue is neither here, nor there. Stuff happens as evidenced by a loose screw in the unit I tested. Surely the has never considered such a scenario.