3pole 20amp gfci circuit
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zbang
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Small sub-panel that will hold a GFCI?
(what panel do you have in already?)
(what panel do you have in already?)
It's a seimens QP. I don't like the situation but being that it's 3 phase 230v does it need to be gfci protected? It's a cord plug connected peice of equipment.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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Doesn't someone make a dead-front GFCI device with an external donut for passing your own circuit wires through?
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- Bremerton, Washington
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- Master Electrician
See 210.8 for requirements for GFCI protection.
rnatalie
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- Catawba, NC
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Specifically 210.8(B) only mandates GFCI for single phase:
Seven-Delta-FortyOne
Goin’ Down In Flames........
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B) Other Than Dwelling Units.
All 125-volt through 250-volt receptacles supplied by single-phase branch circuits rated 150 volts or less to ground, 50 amperes or less, and all receptacles supplied by three-phase branch circuits rated 150 volts or less to ground, 100 amperes or less, installed in the locations specified in 210.8(B)(1) through (B)(12) shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel.
Leviton makes one that is designed for use with a shunt trip breaker or I believe certain contactors. Its not listed only recognized.
I tried looking it up to refresh my memory and it has been discontinued.
hbiss
EC, Westchester, New York NEC: 2014
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- Hawthorne, New York NEC: 2014
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- EC
Ok. So what Code is the OP on?? And keep in mind that things required by the 2020 haven't been invented yet.
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rnatalie
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- Catawba, NC
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While I posted the quote from the 2020 code, the single-phase restriction has been there for a long time...
Here's the text that appears in the 2011, 2014, and 2017 codes:
Here's the text that appears in the 2011, 2014, and 2017 codes:
All 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacles installed in the locations specified in 210.8(B)(1) through (8) shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel.
That is for Dwelling Units... I'm guessing if this is 3-phase, it is not residential... in which case NEC 2017 states...
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
Yes so that means gfci is required for 3 phase in a non dwelling unless he is on a different code cycle
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