"Stephen" wrote in message ...
GFCI's are installed in bathrooms and kitchens because you are literally
surrounded by potential grounds. The plumbing system! Running Water! Metal
Basins! etc...

The same situation could happen in any other wet environment.
Such as fish tank: salt water spilled on the floor wehre you stand
combined with a faulty electric device submersed in the water where you
put your hands can be very deadly combination and that is the reason
smart people recommend GFCI for us to power fish tanks equipment from.

You can hold an AC hot wire and not get shocked if you are not grounded....

Right. Is there anybody claiming anything else here?
See my "birds sitting on a 20kV wire" example... :-)

Not the name is GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER... You have to have a
ground fault to trip the circuit interrupter....

I hope you do not derive all your knowledge about GFCI from its name ;-)

I can easily imagine a scenario when GFCI will trip when grounding
will be perfect and DO NOT trip when grounding is faulty...
If your imagination does not work for some reason I can give you
full description of such scenarios.
Is then the GFCI name wrong? Let's change it! ;-)