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SECTION 5 | Limiting Electromagnetic Interference
proportional to the person’s skin resistance will flow through the person’s body to Earth
Ground. The leakage current through the body is higher when the skin contact resist-
ance is lower i.e. if the skin is wet or wounded. This leakage current does not return to
the power source but is dissipated in Earth Ground. A leakage current of > 5mA could
produce lethal electrical shock. Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) is used for safety
against electrical shock due to leakage. GFCI measures the difference between the
current sent to the load and returned from the load and will trip and disconnect the
power circuit if the difference is > 5 mA. GFCIs are normally installed in AC Branch
Circuits feeding power outlets in wet areas like marine craft, RVs, spas, hot-tubs,
kitchens, washrooms, etc.
As explained earlier, RF noise filtration circuits in SMPS generate intentional Earth Leakage
Current. SMPS are used extensively as DC power sources in modern day electrical / elec-
tronic devices e.g. Audio / Video / Computing devices, power supplies, battery chargers etc.
A single GFCI outlet / GFCI breaker may be serving multiple SMPS loads and therefore, will
be sensing the sum of all the Earth Leakage Currents and, if the sum is > 5mA after con-
necting this unit, the GFCI will trip. In such a case, disconnect other SMPS based device(s)
being served by this GFCI one by one till the net leakage current is reduced to < 5mA
and the GFCI does not trip.
Other solution is to power this unit from a GFCI outlet / GFCI
breaker that does not have any SMPS load or power from an outlet that is not protected
by GFCI.