GFCI NEEDED

[j rae]

Are GFCI's required under a water fountain?? What article?

 

[jumper]

422.52 Electric Drinking Fountains. Electric drinking fountains
shall be protected with ground-fault circuit-interrupter
protection.

Wait you said under. Does the receptacle feed/serve the fountain?

 

[mjf]

OP, please clarify. Do you want to know if a drinking fountain requires GFCI protection or do you want to know if any and every receptacle located below a fountain requires GFCI protection?

 

[j rae]

422.52 Electric Drinking Fountains. Electric drinking fountains
shall be protected with ground-fault circuit-interrupter
protection.

Wait you said under. Does the receptacle feed/serve the fountain?

no

 

[mjf]

lol....I type slow

 

[kwired]

422.52 Electric Drinking Fountains. Electric drinking fountains
shall be protected with ground-fault circuit-interrupter
protection.

Wait you said under. Does the receptacle feed/serve the fountain?

That is only section that relates GFCI directly to a drinking fountain and is for the drinking fountain only - and has no voltage or current limitations attached.

If a nearby receptacle not associated in any way with the fountain is present then we have to go back to 210.8 to see if any other conditions would make GFCI necessary.