stickboy1375
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I know whats its called Ken, my point being a inspector respecting me more because I did more that what code requires. :roll:
Garage Door opener on shared circuit?
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I know whats its called Ken, my point being a inspector respecting me more because I did more that what code requires. :roll:
jaylectricity
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I won't hold it against you, but I won't hold it against you if you sell a better product and service to the customer, either.
Aren't most openers plug-in? So, cant you just put an outlet on the ceiling next to it, and that would be your disconnect. And then the outlet can be fed from any other outlet/light circuit in the garage. Atleast that's how it was done in my house, so whenever I go on vacation I just unplug it, no breakers for me to have to turn off.
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Yes the garage door has a recep. in the ceiling, at least in residential installs. However, lets not forget art. 210 specifically art. 210.23(A)(2
Suppose you have a 15 amp cir. for the garage door and the amps on it is 8 amps. Now you would need a separate circuit for that door.
If you had a 20 amp circuit with 2 garage doors even at 6 amps each, you would have the same scenario.
I wonder if continuous loading should be taken into account with that.
Not arguing with you, because I don't know.... it does seem to say what it says, but it does seem a bit silly to not be able to put a few lights or GP recepts on a circuit with a door opener that runs a few times a day for thirty seconds at a time
Not arguing with you, because I don't know.... it does seem to say what it says, but it does seem a bit silly to not be able to put a few lights or GP recepts on a circuit with a door opener that runs a few times a day for thirty seconds at a time
One-eyed Jack
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This could very easily be an AHJ call. As an inspector I would not have a problem due to the duty cycle involved in a garage door opener. You could not pay someone to operate the doors in a manner that would overheat the circuit. The motor overloads would kick in before that could happen. Some things have to be addressed as a real world app. and can not be spelled out and quantified.
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I totally agree simply because the doors don't operate long enough to cause overheating. There should be an exception but wording it would be very difficult.
A/A Fuel GTX
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jaylectricity
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Each door opener could be 10 amps each and still be legal on one 20 amp circuit.
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Not if it feeds another recep or light. I thought that was what we were talking about. Sorry if I wasn't clear.
jaylectricity
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Oh yes, I see now...I accidentally took you out of context. Sorry about that.
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