One silly thought deserves a silly answer.

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aelectricalman

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Please do not say, "And you are a contractor". One of the inspectors I work under, says that all dining and breakfast area plugs must have GFCI protection, others don't. I have never put them on GFCI's and wondered where he got his logic. One thought; I'm completely wrong in my assumption that they are not required. (rookie mistake if so). The other, he assumed that since they can be fed from the kitchen appliance circuits as one of your appliance plugs, that they will likely fall in series and hence be GFCI protected, and he was not trained properly. I understand that they must be 20 Amp circuits and can be ran from the Appliance circuits (which are GFCI protected), but there is no water in the dining room or breakfast, why does he make me do this. I am beginning to think that anyone can be an insector in KY. I could be totally wrong, and if thats the case, than I guess anyone could be an electrician in KY. :D

[ February 16, 2005, 08:55 PM: Message edited by: aelectricalman ]
 
Re: One silly thought deserves a silly answer.

These are not AFCI circuits where the entire circuit must be protected. 210.8 lists all the locations that are to be protected and those areas are not there. :D
 
Re: One silly thought deserves a silly answer.

Thanks for clarification. Good to know ive been doing it right all along .
 
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