NEC 2005 Garage Receptacles?

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On my last exam it showed a picture of a garage with three duplex receptacles, one on each wall about 18" off the floor. One of the duplex receptacle had a freezer plugged into it. The question was how many receptacles need to be GFCI?
Reading 210.8 (A) (2) Ex. 2 I would guess 5 receptacles need to be GFCI. What I'm not 100% sure about is are they counting each duplex receptacle as 1 or 2 receptacles? This exam was on the 2005 NEC.
 
The Iceman said:
On my last exam it showed a picture of a garage with three duplex receptacles, one on each wall about 18" off the floor. One of the duplex receptacle had a freezer plugged into it. The question was how many receptacles need to be GFCI?
Reading 210.8 (A) (2) Ex. 2 I would guess 5 receptacles need to be GFCI. What I'm not 100% sure about is are they counting each duplex receptacle as 1 or 2 receptacles? This exam was on the 2005 NEC.
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The duplex recep. is one device. The recep. for the freezer in 05 was exempt from the GFCI requirements in a garage. In 2008 there is no exception.
 
Dennis Alwon said:
The duplex recep. is one device. The recep. for the freezer in 05 was exempt from the GFCI requirements in a garage. In 2008 there is no exception.
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But the receptacle for the freezer is a duplex. I think one of those receptacles on that yoke would need to be GFCI.:confused:
 
The Iceman said:
On my last exam it showed a picture of a garage with three duplex receptacles, one on each wall about 18" off the floor. One of the duplex receptacle had a freezer plugged into it. The question was how many receptacles need to be GFCI?
Reading 210.8 (A) (2) Ex. 2 I would guess 5 receptacles need to be GFCI. What I'm not 100% sure about is are they counting each duplex receptacle as 1 or 2 receptacles? This exam was on the 2005 NEC.
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In regards to test questions, each duplex receptacle will count as 2 receptacles.
For your test question, there are 6 receptacles.
There is 1 receptacle for the dedicated equipment, so 5 receptacles would require GFCI protection.
 
I'm curious to know the answers.
Example: Lets say we had two duplex receptacles mounted 42 inches off the floor in a garage, and I asked how many receptacles needed to be GFCI protected:
A. 2
B. 1
C. None

If you look at the example question I asked. Did you see any answers that said four (4). Then the answer is two.
 
Thanks for the quick response. After reading over 210.8 and the definition for receptacle, I agree with 5 being the answer. You guys are very helpful, sometimes I need a little verification. More previous exam question coming soon.:)
 
The Iceman said:
But the receptacle for the freezer is a duplex. I think one of those receptacles on that yoke would need to be GFCI.:confused:
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See the 2005 NEC Exception No. 2 to (2): A single receptacle or a duplex receptacle for two appliances located within dedicated space for each appliance that, in normal use, is not easily moved from one place to another and that is cord-and-plug connected in accordance with 400.7 (A)6; (A)7 and (A)8


The 2008 deleted the requirement saying:All 15- and 20-ampere receptacles in garages and accessory buildings at dwelling units must have GFCI protection for personnel. The two exceptions to this requirement were deleted in the 2008 Code
 
480sparky said:
What does 18" or 42" AFF have to do with it?
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What are you talking about!?

I posted an example (meaning: It's made up) question to show that some questions have common sense answers.
 
resistance said:
What are you talking about!?

I posted an example (meaning: It's made up) question to show that some questions have common sense answers.
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The Iceman said:
On my last exam it showed a picture of a garage with three duplex receptacles, one on each wall about 18" off the floor. One of the duplex receptacle had a freezer plugged into it. The question was how many receptacles need to be GFCI?
Reading 210.8 (A) (2) Ex. 2 I would guess 5 receptacles need to be GFCI. What I'm not 100% sure about is are they counting each duplex receptacle as 1 or 2 receptacles? This exam was on the 2005 NEC.
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resistance said:
I'm curious to know the answers.
Example: Lets say we had two duplex receptacles mounted 42 inches off the floor in a garage, and I asked how many receptacles needed to be GFCI protected:
A. 2
B. 1
C. None

If you look at the example question I asked. Did you see any answers that said four (4). Then the answer is two.
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I'm saying the height of the receps has no bearing on whether they are required to be GFCI protected.
 
benaround said:
What if they were 12' aff for garage door opener?
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Then in "05" they would be "not readily accessible" and not need to be GFCI protected, in "08" they would need to be GFCI protected. And if you are a jerk you could put a GFCI receptacle in the ceiling so the HO has to climb up there to reset it if it trips.:grin:
 
benaround said:
What if they were 12' aff for garage door opener?
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If it's a single receptacle installed specifically for the operator, then no, it doesn't have to be GFId. 210.8(A)(2) Exc. 1. But there's no hieghts mentioned in that article for general-purpose receps. So their being 12" or 44" or 68" or 15000" off the floor makes no difference.
 
Hey I saw this on the Master exam and the Question had that pic like stated but it said how many OUTLETS require GFI protection DISREGARDING EXCEPTIONS. The answers were A.2,B.3,C.4& D.5. So I came up with C.4 being that there are 4 outlets that require GFI protection. Anybody think of this also??
 
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