Multiple split receptacles on one circuit

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480sparky said:
Since then I've just divided the receps in half, started with 2 GFIs in the middle, and went out with load-protected recepts from there...... Has never failed me.
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Often, I'do the opposite, especially if the lady of the house would rather not have GFCI's on the counter. I'll home-run to non-counter receptacles put the GFCI's there, and run from the load-side to the counter-top receptacles, almost meeting in the middle from opposite directions.
 
LarryFine said:
Often, I'do the opposite, especially if the lady of the house would rather not have GFCI's on the counter. I'll home-run to non-counter receptacles put the GFCI's there, and run from the load-side to the counter-top receptacles, almost meeting in the middle from opposite directions.
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It is all personal opinion but I think that is awful.
 
LarryFine said:
(I mean por quois means why (in French),
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I have been to France, but I am not French, did not take French and have no desire to start now. :grin:

Back to the GFCIs.

Where do you put the device(s) with the test and reset buttons?
 
iwire said:
Where do you put the device(s) with the test and reset buttons?
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In the non-counter wall receptacles nearest the counter. There are usually several in most kitchens.

Again, this is when the customer has a preference. Sometimes GFCI's just don't fit in with the decor.
 
LarryFine said:
In the non-counter wall receptacles nearest the counter. There are usually several in most kitchens.
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That is what I assumed and what I thought was awful.

Why make people hunt for the reset button?

The person that does not like the GFCI on the counter will not be the only one that might have to find he button.

But again it is just a personal opinion. :smile:
 
iwire said:
That is what I assumed and what I thought was awful.
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I see, said the blind man.

Why make people hunt for the reset button?
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Because they don't want GFCI's on the countertop. Hey, everything's a compromise, right?

The person that does not like the GFCI on the counter will not be the only one that might have to find he button.
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Not that they trip that often, but thems the risks. Besides, it happens in other parts of the house.

But again it is just a personal opinion. :smile:
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Aucun commentaire. :wink:
 
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LarryFine said:
I see, said the blind man.

Because they don't want GFCI's on the countertop. Hey, everything's a compromise, right?

Not that they trip that often, but thems the risks. Besides, it happens in other parts of the house.

Aucun commentaire. :wink:
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OK, so use a dam breaker! :mad:
 
Hendrix said:
OK, so use a dam breaker! :mad:
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Why so grumpy, dude? Relax, it's Friday!

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Besides, that would really make them have to hunt for the reset.
 
You could really doll it up and put a bunch of faceless' underneat the sink for them. Then they wouldn't have to look at any gfci's and they'd still be close by rather then in the garage... behind all the boxes... or in the basement... behind all the boxes...
 
alfiesauce said:
Back in the day split receptacles were the norm in kitchen circuits.
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Great something else to look for!

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Come on Larry, you know what the 180VA means, U can't qualify that, it
is a application spec. need I say a limit on non residential based on the yoke.

Maybe I totally missed something, I've eat'n crow before ... just serve it Hot !
 
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