I find it amazing that the Consumer Product Safety Commission has the data to show that GFCIs have saved more lives (from electrocution) in the last 30 years than any other piece of electrical equipment. Yet, when proposals are made to Code Making Panel 2 to require them throughout the house, CMP-2 refuses, despite the huge technical substantiation to accept the proposal(s). Then, AFCIs come into the game, have ZERO track record (the combination type had NO track record until January of 2008) and are required to be on nearly every circuit.

It makes me, and many others in the electrical industry, wonder who is getting rich in this process, and why consumers aren't being protected by a proven technology (such as GFCIs).