Lawyers! Use of ac from a GFI outlet ought to be fine. My local club has an
observing site with 40 acres of GFI protected ac at pads all over the site.
Never had an incident even in heavy dew and rain conditions. Some of the ac
sockets are on flexible conduit. I've seen folks pick them up, drain and
shake water out of them and then plug in an ac device without a problem--not
recommended though! :-)

Andy

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 11:40 AM
Subject: [M]: Inside plugs


> Can anyone tell me why Meade recommends only using inside plugs when
> running on the grid? The only thing I can think of is that perhaps it
> is older advice (or, given that their manuals are so bad, one can
> imagine that this advice might not be so well thought out either) and
> that I'm fine with the GFI outlet on my deck. I'd rather not
> electrocute anyone (especially since my dark site is 40 minutes from
> the nearest hospital), but I'd also not like to pump my heat out the
> partially open door or window into the night sky during the winter.
> LP is expensive enough and it isn't trivial to have it delivered to
> where I am either.
>
> rw2
>
> --
> Keep Manhattan,
> just give me that countryside
> -Vic Mizzy
>

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