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I have a client that has had some bird pens installed on his property in the mountains that has a shed there with power.He had an electric fence installed. Does the fence have to be GFCI?
 
jpd24 said:
I have a client that has had some bird pens installed on his property in the mountains that has a shed there with power.He had an electric fence installed. Does the fence have to be GFCI?
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Nope, but depending on the location of the receptacle outlet serving the fencer, the receptacle outlet might have to be.
 
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There is 2 outlets outside that are on a ground fault CB. I want to install a seperate outlet inside to feed the control. Should it be a GFCI since it is for the controller?
 
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Should it be a GFCI since it is for the controller?
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If it needed to be GFCI protected, it is not because it is for the fencer to plug into. The fact that you're plugging in a fencer does not trigger the GFCI requirement. You could just as easily be plugging in an Easy Bake oven. It is the location of the receptacle outlet that may or may not trigger the GFCI requirement. You say the receptacle will be indoors, so will this be one of the indoor locations where GFCI protection of receptacle outlets is required? (garage, workshop, etc)
 
Not familiar with electric fencing, you do not want a GFCI to trip when wild animals try to get into the pens. Is that a possibility? You want the fence to do it's job.
 
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Not familiar with electric fencing, you do not want a GFCI to trip when wild animals try to get into the pens. Is that a possibility? You want the fence to do it's job.
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Yes, it is a possibility that a fencer, connected to a GFCI protected receptacle, will trip the GFCI. If it does, the GFCI did its job. Matter of fact, it's always a possibility that anything you connect to a GFCI protected circuit will trip the GFCI.
 
There is no recomendations in the instructions and I will probably talk with the inspector and see what he says. Thank you for your input. It's a great forum to get info from experienced trades people.
 
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