GFI in attic

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I am in a huge mess. I have a have a home owner who supposedly hired another electricain to look at my work...after I got signed off mind you. And thay had a whole list of "made up" violations.
One is that my kitchem and bth lites need to arcfault. WRONG!!!!
I need to make sure that I am not missing this other one......GFI in attic. Is a common recpt. required to GFI in an attic.
I got to know ASAP.... Big meeting in that AM and I have to have all my things in order. They haven't paid me my final payment!
SO ANYONE GFI Protection required in attic?
 
dcooper said:
I am in a huge mess. I have a have a home owner who supposedly hired another electricain to look at my work...after I got signed off mind you. And thay had a whole list of "made up" violations.
One is that my kitchem and bth lites need to arcfault. WRONG!!!!
I need to make sure that I am not missing this other one......GFI in attic. Is a common recpt. required to GFI in an attic.
I got to know ASAP.... Big meeting in that AM and I have to have all my things in order. They haven't paid me my final payment!
SO ANYONE GFI Protection required in attic?
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You are ok, they are wrong from what you have typed here.
 
dcooper said:
I have a HUGE mess going on. One of the 'made up' violations is the outlet in that attic has to be GFI?
Can't find it in the code? Anyone?
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No such code, unless that attic also happens to be an unfinished basement. :D
 
I used to think it didnt eather until someone showed it to me in the code book. but it was about 6 mts ago and i cant remember where. I will look for your answer
 
Check you local ordinance.

Check you local ordinance.

The GFI in the attic could be a local ordinance. City of Phoenix used to add additional location which are part of the Code now.
 
Get the AHJ back out there immediately before this gets out of hand. People have a tendency to get wound up for no reason / misinformation.
 
You know I am not the smartest guy... but I do my best. These people are holding thousands... because of some BS violations. The cable guy told them I ran RG 59 for cable wire. Even though it's stamped RG6! I told them if it s stamped in the factory RG6 then I reconize it as RG6.
Then some electricain claimed the kit and bath lites need to be arc fault!
I found that one.
They bitched about a snap it connector in the attic with 2 14/2 wires in it.
It's rated for 2.
The cable guy says the phone wire I ran was out of date since the 70's. It's CAT 3. It's Dated 07/08
He also told them my splitters need to be in a box. WTF?
I have nver heard of an electricain doing this to another electricain.
The other thing is the convience outlet I installed in the attic. They are trying to tell me it needs to be GFI. I can't find it in the book. SO that's why I asked.
I have been in business for myself for 5 yrs now this is that one every year and a half pain in the ass job.
 
responder1 said:
I used to think it didnt eather until someone showed it to me in the code book. but it was about 6 mts ago and i cant remember where. I will look for your answer
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You will not find it in the code book. A gfci is not required in the attic.
 
If their is equipment in the attic it is contriversial to if it would be required or not.
This topic has been discussed before. In which every body agreed if you are using power tools to work on the equipment then you must use gfci protection. That could be a cord with gfci on the end of it.
Most people don't install a gfci in the attic except me. Until recently I stopped. To much money to waste.
 
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210.8 ground-fault circuit-interrupter for personal
215.9
590.6
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The second two only state that if GFI protection is required, it doesn't need to be provided at the branch-circuit level. If the entire feeder is GFI protected, then the receptacle, by default, is also protected. But none of those 3 say anything about an attic.
 
NO air handler. A future air handler . I made the provisions. they just wanted a general purpose outlet in the attic.
 
dcooper said:
NO air handler. A future air handler . I made the provisions. they just wanted a general purpose outlet in the attic.
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If it doesn't fit - you must acquit!
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you are right, they dont apply to attics. thats my point. i couldnt find anything either about attics. if he showes that section maybe they will beleive him also.
 
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