2 wire / GFCI

[hurk27]

Re: 2 wire / GFCI

This would depend upon if the original two wire receptacles was still in service or have they been changed to 3 wire receptacles? If they have been changed to three-wire then 406.3(D) will tell you how they should have been changed to be code compliant.
But if they are existing,
then the United States Bill Of Rights Article 1 section 9 #3 will prevent anything that was code compliant to ever be made non-compliant just by the change of law. If it met code when manufactured or installed, it is still compliant with the code that was in force at the time of installation. And Article 1 section 10 #1 would keep any state of the United States from doing the same

This is the actual Bill which would prevent a requirement to bring it up to todays code:

3: No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

Our Grandfathers Clause! From our bill of rights.

Edited to add the info about states.

[ November 22, 2005, 07:32 PM: Message edited by: hurk27 ]

 

[charlie b]

Re: 2 wire / GFCI

Originally posted by murray56: Had a inspector check my mom and dads house and he wrote that up . . . .

Much depends on what type of inspector you are dealing with and the reason for the inspection. If, for example, the inspection has to do with a remodel project, then it is possible that anything affected by the remodel may be required to be brought up to current codes. On the other hand, if the inspection has to do with selling or refinancing the house, if (as I suspect) you are talking about a "home inspector," then anything that is not up to current codes, and in fact anything that the inspector just doesn't like, can be "written up." But all that means is that the buyer and the seller are going to have to negotiate for what gets "fixed" and who pays for it.

 

[charlie b]

Re: 2 wire / GFCI

Originally posted by hurk27: . . . the United States Bill Of Rights Article 1 section 9 #3 . . .

Nice quote, Wayne. One minor correction, though. It's from the body of the US Constitution. The "Bill of Rights" is the set of the first ten amendments.