GFCI Devices

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Does anyone recall the first code cycle to require the use of GFCI devices?

The GFCI was marketed in 1962 as a self-contained unit, to be wired in series with a load. The first circuit breaker type was introduced around 1968, and the first receptacle type in 1972.
1968 NEC * GFCI protection for underwater pool lights was required.
1971 NEC * GFCI protection was required for storable pools, for pool receptacles, and for some feeders. It becomes an option for protection of receptacles at construction sites.
1973 * required for outdoor receptacles at dwellings.
1975 NEC * required for receptacles in dwelling bathrooms, and for funtains.
1978 NEC * required for receptacles in dwelling garages; for bathroom and outdoor receptacles in mobile homes and recreational vehicles; for receptacles in recreational vehicle parks, marinas, and boat yards; and for receptacles in health care facilities.
1981 NEC * tub motors and portable signs were included.
1984 NEC * covered replacement receptacles, and also added hotel bathrooms.
1987 NEC * added receptacles in commercial garages, dwelling basements, and boat houses; spray washers, and receptacles serving kitchen counters near sinks.
1990 NEC * added photovoltaic roof arrays, receptacles serving kitchen islands, receptacles in crawlspaces, and receptacles near sinks in mobile homes and recreational vehicles.
1993 NEC * added receptacles in nondwelling bathrooms, on rooftops, in elevator pits, and serving wet bar sinks in dwellings.
1996 NEC * added receptacles in trailers, receptacles serving escalators, electric vehicle chargers, receptacles in sheds, balacony receptacles, and receptacles serving previously exemt kitchen counters.


Don't think for a minute I knew all that. I copied and pasted a post from Brian Magilley. Got to give credit where credit is due.

Post was taken from here:http://www.mikeholt.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/005251.html
 
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