# Birdbath heater blows GFCIs. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 29, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdbath-heater-blows-gfcis/645458 "2012-12-29T04:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdbath-heater-blows-gfcis/645458/21 "2013-01-01T22:17:38Z")
> [@Uber\_the\_Goober](#): > > So you assume the answer to that question would be “Yes, I have been maintaining this equipment” instead of “Nope, just there for that one job. Told him to fix it right, he declined.” > > When you re-read the rest of the post, you’ll see that neither you nor your hypothetical prosecuting attorney would have any leg to stand on, and this is intentional. It’s how I do business, and it works. > > Just saying - read it all instead of only the parts to which you feel a reply will make your point. I read and reread your posts. Now I live in Calif and I do see where a court could turn against you. Exver see an extension laddeer with the warning do not use on a manure pile, or a bag of peanuts with the caution “Danger contains peanuts” I am a W2 employee so in a case like you describe it would fall on the employeer. but I have been involved in law suits where plaintif’s expert witness admitted that the fault laid with a family member of of the family that was suing. And still the family got $80,000 out of it. another case that I could have been involved with when a kid lost a few toes, the family’s lawyer did not know what questions to ask. So they never asked me any questions. Never heard what the family got but it was not in the millions it should have been. the employeer was luck because the lawyer did not ask the right questions in the right manner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdbath-heater-blows-gfcis/645458.md?page=1)