chicomarin
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In the 2008 code it says that drinking fountains and vending machines have to be protected by either an inline GFCI or a GFCI receptacle. Does this apply to existing equipment or is it just for new installations
In the 2008 code it says that drinking fountains and vending machines have to be protected by either an inline GFCI or a GFCI receptacle. Does this apply to existing equipment or is it just for new installations
422.51 Cord-and-Plug-Connected Vending Machines.
Cord-and-plug-connected vending machines manufactured or re-manufactured on or after January 1, 2005, shall include a ground-fault circuit interrupter as an integral part of the attachment plug or be located within 300 mm (12 in.) of the attachment plug. Older vending machines manufactured or remanufactured prior to January 1, 2005, shall be connected to a GFCI-protected outlet. For the purpose of this section, the term vending machine means any self-service device that dispenses products or merchandise without the necessity of replenishing the device between each vending operation and is designed to require insertion of a coin, paper currency, token, card, key, or receipt of payment by other means.
If your equiment is existing and you notice on review that it is not gfci protected the Code in general is retroactive.
Are the existing machine(s) being relocated or is new circuitry being installed to accomadate them?
If you are not moving the machines and they are existing how can the NEC be retroactive.
It's existing. Sure the company that owns those machines may want to insist on it but the NEC does not require it. Of course it would be smart to protect them to the new code but can you imagine changing every thing that was acceptable years ago to today's Code. I guess it would solve the unemployment problem.With that new code out there do you really want to risk the chance of a shock ? A lawyer would have a picnic with this.
With that new code out there do you really want to risk the chance of a shock ?
Sounds to me like that new code is pretty dangerous and to reduce the risk of shock we should go back to one of the old ones....