GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER RECECEPTACLE WITH ISOLATED GROUND

[NT6059]

I would like to get your professional opinion on how do you handle the requirement and installation of a GFCI receptacle with isolated ground? Is there a GFCI receptacle with IG (orange)? Let me know. Thank you. NT6059.

 

[jim dungar]

Welcome to the forum.

Most installations like this probably use GFCI breakers.

But, why would you want to design a circuit like this? Separated grounds are hardly ever actually needed, even though many manufacturers still include them in their instructions.

 

[kwired]

I would like to get your professional opinion on how do you handle the requirement and installation of a GFCI receptacle with isolated ground? Is there a GFCI receptacle with IG (orange)? Let me know. Thank you. NT6059.

I did not find isolated ground GFCI in P&S catalog. You could always protect a non GFCI receptacle with an upstream GFCI - either circuit breaker type, another GFCI receptacle or a dead front GFCI.

 

[jim dungar]

...another GFCI receptacle or a dead front GFCI.

Unless these are isolated ground style, the downstream installation will probably not be.

 

[roger]

I agree with Jim, isolated ground circuits are pretty much dinosaurs.

Roger

 

[cowboyjwc]

They do make them as I saw them on a POS in the kitchen area of a resturant. I couldn't tell you who made it though.

 

[GoldDigger]

Unless these are isolated ground style, the downstream installation will probably not be.

What about just running the isolated ground uninterrupted past the new GFCI? There is no functional requirement for the IG to be connected or terminated there for the GFCI to work.

 

[GlennH]

I did not find isolated ground GFCI in P&S catalog. You could always protect a non GFCI receptacle with an upstream GFCI - either circuit breaker type, another GFCI receptacle or a dead front GFCI.

http://www.legrand.us/~/media/529A98075EE449EB90C6E35BFFB2000B.ashx

 

[jim dungar]

What about just running the isolated ground uninterrupted past the new GFCI? There is no functional requirement for the IG to be connected or terminated there for the GFCI to work.

Running a dedicated grounding conductor, past a GFCI, to the receptacle's isolated terminal would probably work.

 

[cowboyjwc]

http://www.legrand.us/~/media/529A98075EE449EB90C6E35BFFB2000B.ashx

There ya go.:happyyes:

 

[GoldDigger]

http://www.legrand.us/~/media/529A98075EE449EB90C6E35BFFB2000B.ashx

I am impressed. TR too, and with screw pressure back wiring instead of backstab. I do not want to see the price. hmy:

 

[kwired]

Running a dedicated grounding conductor, past a GFCI, to the receptacle's isolated terminal would probably work.

That is what I intended, and also why I mentioned the dead front for anybody that doesn't want other possible loads plugged into the circuit should it be intended to be dedicated to specific equipment.

 

[steve66]

I am impressed. TR too, and with screw pressure back wiring instead of backstab. I do not want to see the price. hmy:

Yes, but it doesn't say its weather resistant When they come out with one of those, it will even cost more.

Steve