GFCI for 240V Pool Pump motors
- Thread starter wmeek
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electricguy61
Senior Member
A home inspector can't require anything. Explain to the customer that he is incorrect, give them the option of updating the connection if they want to go to the expense.
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
Many home inspectors make recommendations like that however it is a negotiation that the buyer and seller can work out. They often recommend gfci in kitchens that are old. Again if the seller wants to oblige then we do it otherwise it is not done
macmikeman
Senior Member
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- Planet macmikeman
This year 5 or six times I have charged $700-800 for replacing 4 or 5 kitchen outlets to gfi ones thanks to a HI stressing the need to convert in his home report to property buyers. In and out in under an hour. I just loves me some home inspectors......
brantmacga
Señor Member
- Location
- Georgia
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- Former Child
As an electrician, so do I.
If I'm on a service call and see they don't have any, I'll write up a quote on the spot.
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JFletcher
Senior Member
- Location
- Williamsburg, VA
It is 680.22 (B) in the 2008 NEC. I found this thread:
http://forums.mikeholt.com/showthread.php?t=109667
which seems to indicate GFCI were required on pool pump motors back in 1999. If it did require a GFCI when it was built and lacks one now, no, it wouldnt be grandfathered in.
As others have written the HI cant require anything.
- Location
- Massachusetts
Hold on, I am willing to get the home inspector did not say to anyone a GFCI is required to be installed. They recommended it and now that is part of the sakes negotiations.
- Location
- Massachusetts
Good for you, make some money. So many electricians seem to feel the need to prove the HI wrong, like it is some sort of competition.
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