Some installations however, can be a little on the tricky side. If you are not completely comfortable with electrical work, the services of a competent electrician would be well worth the expense. Refrigerators and freezers, no matter where they are located, are two appliances that should never be on a GFCI circuit. They have a bad habit of causing the protective device to trip, or turn off. This may not be noticed for some time and could result in a lot of spoiled food.
Electrical safety is naturally of concern to any home buyer.
It is a concern to the Texas Real Estate Commission as well, which is why they now require every inspector to list the absence of smoke detectors and proper GFCI protection as a needed repair. Just because no one has ever been injured by an existing unsafe condition is no guaranty that a future injury will not happen. When electricity is involved, there just isn't any substitute for complete safety. Last week I received a phone call from a very distraught reader. Her husband had been transferred out of town and she was upset about an inspection recently performed on her home.