Connecticut removes smoke detectors from AFCI circuit

[FrancisDoody]

I have a link dealing with amendments to the 2005 NEC

http://www.nema.org/stds/fieldreps/codealerts/20050218ct.cfm

 

[Jim W in Tampa]

Why is it that afci work fine in most states but not in others ?

 

[Jim W in Tampa]

wHATS WRONG WITH OUR CLOCK ITS ONLY 7 :57 HERE

 

[LarryFine]

wHATS WRONG WITH OUR CLOCK ITS ONLY 7 :57 HERE

According to my forum page, you are correct. You need to go into your control panel and change the time-zone setting.

 

[brother]

An exception for receptacles that are not readily accessible will be added to an existing amendment to Section 210.8(B), which requires that all 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacles installed within 6 feet of the outside edge of a sink or lavatory to have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel.

Section 210.12(B) will be amended by deleting the requirement for AFCI combination type and adding an exception for smoke detectors installed in bedrooms, provided the smoke detectors are not installed on branch circuits supplying other outlets within the dwelling unit bedroom.

So what do you think?? My only problem is that if the outlets are 'not' readily accessible it would be an inconvience to be moving a freezer to just reset a gfci. Just my opinion.