Which supplies some motivation for the Ohio rule requiring a nearby GFCI protected receptacle.
It is to remove the temptation for someone to unplug the sump pump to plug in their vacuum cleaner.
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I've seen first hand how well that works back when we were allowed to put dedicated non GFCI receptacles for certain equipment that in general isn't allowed anymore. Guess which receptacle will not have what users see as a potential trip problem, and is the one they will prefer to plug things into?
I have even noticed in instances where you have a GFCI and regular duplex receptacle in a two gang box, people tend to plug things into the regular duplex first, and even will plug "multipliers" into them instead of using the GFCI receptacle, even though they don't realize it has the same protection on it as the GFCI receptacle itself:roll:
Just the simple notion of putting a sump pump on a GFCI is a guaranteed flood.
Regardless of the intent of those devices and all the intense micromanagement put into forcing them into the wrong places, they could be re-named with some coloful language about reliability with respect to keeping critical loads powered up.
How do you compare what a flood is worth to what an electrocution is worth? GFCI is not intended to protect the pump, it is intended to protect people. You can also have a flood if the pump or control, or anything else associated with it malfunctions
