I have a customer that has a Hardie outdoor wood stove that's having trouble with the GFCI tripping. The stove is approximately 13 years old and once you remove the back cover, there's a GFCI receptacle that the pump and the fan is plugged into. Sometimes if the fan appears to not be working correctly, there's some moisture in there and the GFCI trips. Does this stove have to have the GFCI receptacle or could the pump and fan wire be direct wired into the junction box inside the stove where the current GFCI receptacle is and eliminate the GFCI receptacle?
Outdoor Wood Stove
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kwired
Electron manager
- Location
- NE Nebraska
- Occupation
- EC
Is this thing listed, as a whole assembly?
Wouldn't think it would need GFCI protection. The fact they used a receptacle complicates things a little, yet if inside the unit still don't think it would require GFCI protection. Maybe they afraid someone will use same receptacle to plug other items into - when in reality there maybe should be a receptacle located outside the unit for servicing purposes?
Wouldn't think it would need GFCI protection. The fact they used a receptacle complicates things a little, yet if inside the unit still don't think it would require GFCI protection. Maybe they afraid someone will use same receptacle to plug other items into - when in reality there maybe should be a receptacle located outside the unit for servicing purposes?
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
If you are under the 2023 then it wouldn't make a difference. Gfci is required
kwired
Electron manager
- Location
- NE Nebraska
- Occupation
- EC
For the entire unit not just a sub component of it.
We are still under the 2017 but going to the 2020 soon.
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
If the outlet is outdoors it needs gfci. If you direct wire under the 2017 then no gfci is required. Assuming it is compliant to direct wire the unit.
- Location
- Bremerton, Washington
- Occupation
- Master Electrician
With a unit that old sitting outside there will be leakage current. interesting it has internal GFCI. Might have been to avoid a cord end GFCI. I would dry out the wiring and replace GFCI with a WR type. The WR types have coated circuit boards, that may solve the tripping