GFCI's in residential garage

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The 2008 NEC talks about all outlets in the "garage" being GFCI protected. I would like to verify that this means dedicated circuits (such as a freezer) and ceiling mounted receptacles for "garage door openers". If it does include dedicated circuits for -say freezers- , what happens when the family is gone over the week-end, the GFCI trips, and the meat goes bad? Thanks, jdb
 
What happens is that they first visit the nearby waste disposal station, then they visit the grocery store. :mad: If they are smart, they will make a visit to an appliance store, and get a new freezer, one without a ground fault present, before going to the grocery store. The 2008 version has no exceptions for special purpose receptacles, such as garage door openers or freezers.
 
I agree with the above. I think the odds of the GFCI running the freezer tripping while on vacation are about the same as the odds of a non GFCI breaker tripping while on vacation. Niether one will trip unless there is a reason to.
 
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what happens when the family is gone over the week-end, the GFCI trips, and the meat goes bad? Thanks, jdb
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:mad: Ultimately, this represents more opportunities to sell more stuff to the homeowner.

One can sell the idea of safety devices to protect us from the operation of other safety devices.

Freezers, sump pumps, radon exhausts. . .if the outlet is in the basement (unfinished area) or garage, the receptacle outlet has to have a GFI.

Power outage alarms, internet / telco enabled power outage alarms, backup power supplies, . . . depends upon the value placed on the operation of the appliances.

Kinda like selling "connection cleaning" to grocery stores to save on energy costs. . . there's a lot of possibility for smoke and mirrors in this one.
 
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