Thanks for clarifying!
Sounds like that applies to micro and dish/disposal circuits.
Our state (NoDak) avoided some of the stricter AFCI rules of 2014 and now has adopted the 2017 in full, so I'm still getting used to all AFCI rules.
If receptacle is installed within "6 feet from the top inside edge of the bowl of the sink" (wording was changed here), it needs GFCI protection.
Doesn't say exactly how to measure that, . . .
2017 NEC
210.8. Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter Protection for Personnel.
. . .
For the purposes of this section, when determining distance from receptacles the distance shall be measured as the shortest path the cord of an appliance connected to the receptacle would follow without piercing a floor, wall, ceiling, or fixed barrier, or passing through a door, doorway, or window.
(A) Dwelling Units. . . .
:slaphead:There is a new paragraph added, in the 2017 NEC, to 210.8 that applies to all of 210.8 where distance is measured:
A cabinet door is a "door".
As for the Dishwasher being GFCI'd, that requirement is in 210.8(D) and is required without regard to any distance measurement, so it must be GFCI'd.
A dwelling microwave, hanging above a range, supplied by a receptacle inside the cabinet above the microwave, a cabinet that has a door or doors, DOES NOT require a GFCI regardless of being within six feet of the sink.
This new sentence also means that a disposal, under an sink and in a cabinet with doors does not require a GFCI.
My State is also on the 2014 NEC, but our senior planner in my county, Orange Empire division, is instructing his inspectors to interpret 210.8 as clarified in the 2017 NEC.There is a new paragraph added, in the 2017 NEC.. This new sentence also means that a disposal, under an sink and in a cabinet with doors does not require a GFCI.
Our state followed the 2014 on that rule (gfci dishwasher/non-gfci dishwasher)
I usually pull one circuit (20 amp) to feed them. To satisfy 2014 nec We had started installing a 2-gang box with a gfci Recep for dishwasher and a normal Recep (switched) for disposal.
Now with adoption of AFCI requirements I'll probably start using a dual purpose breaker and a single gang box with a half hot/half switched recep.
Any thoughts on that?
GFCI's need to be readily accessible and the problem with putting one under the sink is some don't consider that readily accessible.
Since AFCI is now required it is simplest and almost same cost to just put in a dual function breaker anyway.