Guest rooms and guest suites GFCI

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AKsparky1

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A 120v 20A duplex receptacle is located more than two feet above a counter in a kitchenete in a guest room suite. It is slightlly more than 6 ft horizontaly from the sink and is located in a cabnet. A microwave is mounted under the cabnet and plugs into this receptacle on its own circuit. Does this receptacle need to be GFCI protected? There is another receptacle on its own circuit directly under the microwave receptacle but 12in above the floor and is meant for a portable refer also cord and plug connected. Does the refer receptacle requre GFCI protection?
 
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AKsparky1 said:
A 120v 20A duplex receptacle is located more than two feet above a counter in a kitchenete in a guest room suite. It is slightlly more than 6 ft horizontaly from the sink and is located in a cabnet. A microwave is mounted under the cabnet and plugs into this receptacle on its own circuit. Does this receptacle need to be GFCI protected? There is another receptacle on its own circuit directly under the microwave receptacle but 12in above the floor and is meant for a portable refer also cord and plug connected. Does the refer receptacle requre GFCI protection?
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Neither are intended to serve the countertop so in my opinion no GFCI required.
 
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This is an issue that is not really clear in the NEC.

If the microwave is considered a "permanent provision for cooking" then the room becomes a dwelling unit and triggers all of dwelling unit rules.
 
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