Patent ID: 6563049
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt (GFCI) electrical circuit comprising:an electrical cable for supplying electrical power to said GFCI electrical circuit, said electrical cable including two or more current carrying wire conductors; a GFCI receptacle module for supplying GFCI electrical power to electrical appliances, said GFCI receptacle adapted to receive a standard electrical plug of said electrical appliances; and a wallbox adapted to receive said GFCI receptacle module, said wallbox including a wiring module having a plurality of electrical conductors for electrically connecting said GFCI receptacle module disposed in said wallbox to said wire conductors of said electrical cable, said wiring module having a plurality of first terminal members connectable to said wire conductors of said electrical cable, and a plurality of second terminal members, said GFCI receptacle module including a plurality of electrical conductors extending outwardly therefrom; said plurality of electrical conductors releasably connecting to said plurality of second terminal members of said wiring module as said GFCI receptacle module is inserted into said wallbox, said conductors being maintained in electrical communication with said wire conductors of said electrical cable by said wiring module when said GFCI receptacle module is disposed in said wallbox; said GFCI receptacle module further including a GFCI device for detecting a ground fault condition and interrupting electrical power supplied through said GFCI receptacle module when the ground fault condition is detected.