Gas cooktop power

[ritelec]

Hello

Home owner is purchasing a gas cook top. Never installed one so looking on line for specs on several manufactures 36" tops

I figured I would just install a receptacle off the appliance circuit as like a regular gas oven/range for the ignition but it seams the manufactures are saying it is suggested the appliance be on it's own 15 amp circuit.

Is this normal? I mean it's just the ignition right ?

They also say the receptacle should not be gfci protected

That receptacle like other recpts even if it is behind a draw, like any other receptacle that is within in 6 ' of the sink , doesn't it have to be gfci protected ??? Then what?

Thanks

 

[ActionDave]

Manufactures all say their appliance should be on a dedicated circuit. Corporate pinheads.

Code allows the cooktop on the SABC. It did not have to be GFCI protected no matter how close to a sink in past cycles, but that may have changed.

 

[user 100]

That receptacle like other recpts even if it is behind a draw, like any other receptacle that is within in 6 ' of the sink , doesn't it have to be gfci protected ??? Then what?

Thanks

Don't know of an exception in 210.8 (2014) that allows a "hidden" non gfci protected receptacle within 6 feet of sink in dwelling. If the range won't accept gfci, customer needs to get another or get the range loc moved outside of gfci perimeter.

 

[James L]

Is there a microwave recep above cooktop? Drop down from there for cooktop recep?