Garage Door Opener Receptacles

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Am I looking at this correctly... (2017)
210.11(C)(4) requires a dedicated 20 amp circuit for garage receptacle outlets (exception allows accessible outdoor receptacles)
210,62(G) stats that the receptacles in (G)(1) through (G)(3) will be in "addition to receptacles for specific equipment"
210.52(G)(1) requires each vehicle bay to have a receptacle outlet not more than 5-1/2 ft off the floor.

It appears when you install the 20 amp garage circuit and feed the required vehicle bay receptacle that you can not also supply the garage door openers as they are "specific equipment" so they will be required to be on some other circuit (perhaps with garage lighting) but being garage receptacles they would still need to be GFCI.

right ??
 
IMO it does not state they have to be on separate circuits. What can't be on the dedicated 20 amp circuit is the lighting. My interpretation is you could have a 3 car garage with only (1) 20 amp circuit feeding the 3 bay receptacles as well as the 3 GDO receptacles (unless the GDO requires a separate circuit).
 
Leespark57 said:
IMO it does not state they have to be on separate circuits. What can't be on the dedicated 20 amp circuit is the lighting. My interpretation is you could have a 3 car garage with only (1) 20 amp circuit feeding the 3 bay receptacles as well as the 3 GDO receptacles (unless the GDO requires a separate circuit).
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Disclaimer: I am not recommending this, just talking code minimum.
 
Leespark57 said:
IMO it does not state they have to be on separate circuits. What can't be on the dedicated 20 amp circuit is the lighting. My interpretation is you could have a 3 car garage with only (1) 20 amp circuit feeding the 3 bay receptacles as well as the 3 GDO receptacles (unless the GDO requires a separate circuit).
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Is your thought that the wording in 210.51(G) "These receptacles shall be in addition to receptacles required for specific equipment" simply mean those receptacles need to be placed at the 5-1/2 location but can share the circuit with any other garage receptacle keeping 210.23 in mind ??
 
augie47 said:
Am I looking at this correctly... (2017)
210.11(C)(4) requires a dedicated 20 amp circuit for garage receptacle outlets (exception allows accessible outdoor receptacles)
210,62(G) stats that the receptacles in (G)(1) through (G)(3) will be in "addition to receptacles for specific equipment"
210.52(G)(1) requires each vehicle bay to have a receptacle outlet not more than 5-1/2 ft off the floor.

It appears when you install the 20 amp garage circuit and feed the required vehicle bay receptacle that you can not also supply the garage door openers as they are "specific equipment" so they will be required to be on some other circuit (perhaps with garage lighting) but being garage receptacles they would still need to be GFCI.

right ??
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I would agree with you.

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augie47 said:
Is your thought that the wording in 210.51(G) "These receptacles shall be in addition to receptacles required for specific equipment" simply mean those receptacles need to be placed at the 5-1/2 location but can share the circuit with any other garage receptacle keeping 210.23 in mind ??
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Pretty much. Example might be a receptacle installed for a central vac that does not exceed the 50% rule (210.23) but yet is specific equipment, would not be considered one of the garage bay receptacles, but could still be on the same circuit. Again, not recommended.
 
The requirement for the overhead door receptacles to be GFCI protected doesn’t make too much sense to me. These are installed on the ceiling, and the opener is out of reach from personnel.
 
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