ELECTRICITY FOR THE TRADES W/ACCESS
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Author: Petruzella
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Chapter 1.2, Problem 6RQ
How does a ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) sense ground-fault current?
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Find Va and Vb using mesh analysis
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