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Prevent Electrocutions: Install Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter Protection for Pools, Spas, and Hot Tubs

PDF file - Adobe Acrobat required Prevent Electrocutions: Install Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter Protection for Pools, Spas, and Hot Tubs 93 KB /PDF

July 1999     

This fact sheet provides information about how to prevent electrocutions in pools, spas and hot tubs by installing ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) protection. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recommends that consumers install ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection in pools, spas and hot tubs to prevent electrical shock hazards caused by underwater lighting circuits and in electric circuits of spas and hot tubs.

Prepared by
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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