At 12:36 PM 4/11/2009, pickle vanagon wrote: >I guess I'm considering these options: >1) keep the GFCI outlet in place, assuming the buzzing noise doesn't create >a hazardous condition (via wear or whatever). See my warning post, but IMO alternative 1 is ok, bearing in mind that an actual short to ground in something plugged into the outlet will likely trash the inverter. The noise is of *no significance whatever* except to your ears on a silent night, which may be quite significant. A friend and I once spent half an hour trying to track down a strange noise at night on board Scamp. It turned out to be my contact-lens disinfecting container, which used a weak hydrogen peroxide solution with a platinum catalyst to decompose it before morning. It made a bubbling noise so small that I'd never heard it before, except by holding the container up to my ear. Sorry, got to run, d
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