marley120993
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can you install a20amp gfci on a 15 a circuit for a garbage disposal
15 amp circiuts
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Nope. See table 210.21(B)(3).
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You could if you can find a single 20 amp GFCI receptacle. 
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Uhhhh, I think not Rob. Take a look at the table I mention earlier. For a 15 amp circuit, you can't have outlets rated above 15 amps. Perhaps you are thinking about having a pair of 15 amp receptacles on a 20 amp circuit?
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Your table is for 2 or more receptacles.
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You didn't read the section above the table.
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The charging statement for the use of Table 210.21(B)(3) is in 210.21(B)(3) and says:
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The table applies to single receptacles because it allows me to place a single 15 AMP rec. on a 20 AMP circuit and prohibits me from putting a single 20 AMP rec. on a 15 AMP circuit.
(B) Receptacles.
(B) Receptacles.
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He has a disposal and I'll bet that it has a switch.
(3) Receptacle Ratings. Where connected to a branch circuit
supplying two or more receptacles or outlets,
(3) Receptacle Ratings. Where connected to a branch circuit
supplying two or more receptacles or outlets,
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The table does not permit a single 15 amp receptacle on a 20 amp branch circuit. 210.21(B)(1) permits a single 20 amp receptacle on a 15 amp circuit. If Table 210.15(B)(3) applied to single receptacles it would be in conflict with the rule in 210.21(B)(1).
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What are you trying to tell me with this post? I don't understand.
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marley120993, perhaps you could let us know whether the circuit in question supplies loads other than the garbage disposal, and whether the receptacle you intend to install is a simplex or a duplex?
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You have it backwards. And the table does not apply to single receptacles.
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Do you need a GFCI on a disposal anyway? It's under the counter and most of them are switched above the counter.
I would think ( without actually knowing ) you could put a higher rated recep on a lower rated circuit. Not on stuff like 30A twist locks , but regular receps? why not?
Just don't go the other way and use a 15 as the sole recep on a 20a circuit.
I as confused by some of the answers you got honestly.
I would think ( without actually knowing ) you could put a higher rated recep on a lower rated circuit. Not on stuff like 30A twist locks , but regular receps? why not?
Just don't go the other way and use a 15 as the sole recep on a 20a circuit.
I as confused by some of the answers you got honestly.
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I screw this one up all the time.
Talk/walk me through it because I know it but then I read this section and it makes me change my mind. :rant:
No Article messes me up more than this one! 210.21(B)
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I know you guys know what an outlet is but:
Outlet. A point on the wiring system at which current is
taken to supply utilization equipment.
Branch circuit goes to the switch outlet then the receptacle outlet I have two or more outlets.
(3) Receptacle Ratings. Where connected to a branch circuit
supplying two or more receptacles or outlets, receptacle
ratings shall conform to the values listed in Table
210.21(B)(3),
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In what you described, the switch is not an outlet, the receptacle is. The current is supplied to the utilization equipment at the receptacle, it only passes through the switch.
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