vino82
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Would i be incorrect to say an outlet provided for a refridgerator can be on one of the small appliance branch circuits?
Actually 210.52(B)(1) requires them to be on one of the two or more small appliance branch circuits, but Exception #2 says they can be on an individual branch circuit rated 15 amps or more.Would i be incorrect to say an outlet provided for a refridgerator can be on one of the small appliance branch circuits?
Sure make me go read itAre you saying that a 15 amp individual appliance branch circuit is still a SABC?
IMO , the appliances you mentioned would be small appliance branch circuit and 210.52(B)(1) includes refrigeration equipment which I think fit the descriptionWould a stand-alone freezer, whether an upright 6-foot high unit, or a small chest freezer:
- Be considered "refrigeration equipment" per 210.52(B)(1), and therefore could plug into one of the SABC receptacles?
- Be considered a small kitchen appliance, and could plug into one of the SABC receptacles as such? (What is the threshold for "small"?)
- Be considered a fixed appliance and therefore cannot go on an SABC, and should ideally be on its own circuit?
Now to complicate this, is the permitted 15 amp circuit still figured into load calculations as a 1500VA SABC? With a lack of wording stating otherwise (unless I am missing it), I would say this is still a 1500VA circuit to be included in load calculations.
Yes.Would a stand-alone freezer, whether an upright 6-foot high unit, or a small chest freezer:
- Be considered "refrigeration equipment" per 210.52(B)(1), and therefore could plug into one of the SABC receptacles?
- Be considered a small kitchen appliance, and could plug into one of the SABC receptacles as such? (What is the threshold for "small"?)
- Be considered a fixed appliance and therefore cannot go on an SABC, and should ideally be on its own circuit?
Yes.
Yes. If it can run on a 20A 120V receptacle, it is small.
No. It can be moved without tools or disassembly.
It can still be moved, just not removed.What if it had an ice maker that had a waterline connected to it?
How many refrigerators are out there with instructions requiring them to be on a 15 amp branch circuit?I liked this change when it first came into the code. Prior to this exception if you ran a individual branch circuit to the refrigerator which was common practice for a lot of electricians, you still had to put that on a 20 amp small appliance branch circuit.
That created a conflict for individual branch circuit over current protection for the appliance.
The exception allows the individual branch circuit for the refrigerator appliance to be correctly provided with 15 amp OC protection instead of 20 amp over current protection for these individual branch circuits.
The conflict between two different sections in the code was removed when this exception was allowed
How many refrigerators are out there with instructions requiring them to be on a 15 amp branch circuit?
A 20 amp circuit with a single receptacle needs a 20 amp receptacle, a single duplex receptacle on a 20 amp circuit can be a 15 amp receptacle.
I don't see any issue with overcurrent protection before the 15 amp circuit was allowed other then if you would happen to have a refrigerator that does have instructions that require a 15 amp overcurrent device.
Where are you finding any requirement for the refrigerator in question here to be on a 15 amp circuit? Just because it only pulls 6 amps doesn't mean it can't be plugged into a 20 amp circuit, whether the circuit contains one outlet or more then doesn't matter either. If that were an issue we would never be able to plug an average table lamp into a 20 amp circuit either.a 5 star Kenmore refrigerator. 18.2 cubic feet upright. Energy use is 383 kwh per year and 6 amps
If an electrician ran an individual branch circuit to this refrigerator that was a 6 amp load it was a code violation to provide a 15 amp breaker for this unit that would have more closely protected a 6 amp appliance.
You where required to provide 20 amp over-current protection for a 6 amp appliance on an individual branch circuit in a kitchen.
The requirement that you had to provide 20 amp over-current protection for the branch circuit was removed and you could more closely provide 15 amp over-current protection as choice after the exception was allowed.
I never implied that the manufacture required a 15 amp circuit