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ceb58

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On Friday, 13th, of all days, my wife got me a colonoscopy for a Valentines day present. Cant wait till Christmas :happysad: any way. When they wheel me into the procedure room one of the first things I noticed, being a sick electrician, was that the monitor was plugged into a emergency system, dedicated ground GFCI receptacle in the ceiling. By the look of the room laying on my side it looked as if the ceiling was 9-10 ft. and the closet sink from the monitor was 10-12 ft. I am not well versed in Article 517 but why a GFCI in the ceiling and what about the "accessible" part. If the GFCI were to trip a ladder would have to be brought in to reset it. If the monitor goes out you don't want to lay around and wait for the reruns.
 
Curtis, I would say it was probably just overkill by an engineer or hospital maintenance, IOWs, a CYA installation. If the room was used for something else in the past there may be another reason for it, I did a group of Dialysis rooms once where the engineers design had every receptacle GFCI protected regardless of where it was in the room.

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ceb58 said:
On Friday, 13th, of all days, my wife got me a colonoscopy for a Valentines day present. Cant wait till Christmas :happysad: any way. When they wheel me into the procedure room one of the first things I noticed, being a sick electrician, was that the monitor was plugged into a emergency system, dedicated ground GFCI receptacle in the ceiling. By the look of the room laying on my side it looked as if the ceiling was 9-10 ft. and the closet sink from the monitor was 10-12 ft. I am not well versed in Article 517 but why a GFCI in the ceiling and what about the "accessible" part. If the GFCI were to trip a ladder would have to be brought in to reset it. If the monitor goes out you don't want to lay around and wait for the reruns.
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Have you read the Dave Barry column about colonoscopys? It's a hoot.

Your wife gave you a good present BTW. I'm up for one next year and I'm sure my wife won't let it slip my mind.
 
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