GFCI protection for 2 wire circuit

[gserve]

Reading a similar post made me think to ask this question. Can I feed a 2 wire circuit with installed 3 prong outlets off of a GFCI breaker in the panel? Or only replace the first 3 wire outlet first in line with a GFCI receptacle and don't connect an equipment ground to all down stream 3 prong outlets? P.S. the 2 wire circuit already has 3 prong outlets installed with no ground wire.

 

[bennie]

Re: GFCI protection for 2 wire circuit

I use the receptacles that have the words "self grounding" on the box.

[ May 21, 2003, 08:11 PM: Message edited by: bennie ]

 

[jro]

Re: GFCI protection for 2 wire circuit

Gserve read NEC 2002 Art. 406.3 (D) (c), as for the gfci breaker the code does not list it as a means to protect replacment of 2 wire receptacles with 3 wire receptacles, making it a violation of stated code reference.

 

[david]

Re: GFCI protection for 2 wire circuit

(c) A nongrounding-type receptacle(s) shall be permitted to be replaced with a grounding-type receptacle(s) where supplied through a ground-fault circuit interrupter. Grounding-type receptacles supplied through the ground-fault circuit interrupter shall be marked ?GFCI Protected? and ?No Equipment Ground.? An equipment grounding conductor shall not be connected between the grounding-type receptacles.

Jro

Where does it say you can not use a breaker to provide the ground-fault protection.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

Re: GFCI protection for 2 wire circuit

jro,
406.3(D)(2) only requires GFCI protection. It does not specify that a GFCI receptacle be used to provide this protection. The only place that I can think of where the GFCI protection must be provided by a GFCI receptacle in on the top of elevator cars and in the elevator pit. Everywhere else, where GFCI protection is required you can use breakers or receptacles.
Don