GFCI on Bottle water dispensers

[Bings]

Is a GFCI required on a 120 volt bottle water (5 gallon) dispenser?

 

[tom baker]

Code requirement is for a drinking fountain. A drinking fountain is not defined, we know what something is until we have to use a GFCI for it.
To me, a bottled water dispenser is the same as a refrigerator with a water dispenser in the door, neither of which require a GFCI (unless the location such as a basement requires it). My final answer is no.

 

[infinity]

Nope.

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[steve66]

Does the dispenser take money?? If so, then I would call it a vending machine.

Steve

 

[raider1]

Nope.

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Ditto.

Chris

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Code requirement is for a drinking fountain. A drinking fountain is not defined, we know what something is until we have to use a GFCI for it.
To me, a bottled water dispenser is the same as a refrigerator with a water dispenser in the door, neither of which require a GFCI (unless the location such as a basement requires it). My final answer is no.

I like the analogy, and I agree with the statement.