ElecInspector-97
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Need help on a NEC interpretation on a new design project for the US Armed Forces. The project has a 'Break Room' for employees in a 1-story Admin Bldg. This room has a sink, a 4-burner electric stove with oven (8KW), and a range hood (with automatic fire extinguishing). The 2008 NEC appears to imply that this is a "kitchen in other than dwelling unit", which would then require that ALL 125V, 15A and 20A receps in this Break Room be GFCI type, or GFCI protected. This would then include all the 20A 120V receps (all are more than 6 feet away from the sink by the way) for the full-size refrigerator, the wall mounted LCD TV set, the coin-changer machine, the 2 vending machines, the 5-gallon water dispenser (hot and cold), overhead projector for big-screen viewing, (ceiling mounted recep), a drop down motorized screen (with ceiling recep also), and all wall-mounted general use 120V, 20A duplex receps. There is a cord-and-plug 208V, 1-phase, 20 amp Juicer machine that is on top of the sink counter, with 208V dedicated recep at 4 feet from the sink, which by NEC is not required to be GFCI. A Coffee pot at 120V, 20A will be 'hard-wired' to a wall j.box, 5 feet from the sink, so it does not need to be GFCI. There are two 120V, 20A receps on top of counter within 6ft of the sink, which then need to be GFCI. I would request for your opinion on a code interpretation if this Break Room is to be considered a 'kitchen in an other than dwelling unit'. The NEC probably needs to include under Article 100, the definitions or intent of a 'commercial and institutional' kitchen. Our subject matter expert reviewers are saying this Break room is a 'kitchen'. :-?