outside gfci receptacles
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websparky
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Re: outside gfci receptacles
Not true.
Not true.
bill addiss
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Re: outside gfci receptacles
Mike,
Ask them for a code reference.
Bill
Mike,
Ask them for a code reference.
Bill
jimwalker
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Re: outside gfci receptacles
They cant find whats not there
They cant find whats not there
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Re: outside gfci receptacles
Perhaps you and your fellow electricians are simply not being clear in your communications. There is no rule that says an outside GFCI receptacle must be on a ?separate circuit,? if by that phrase you mean to say ?separate from every other circuit in the facility.? However, there is a rule that says an outside GFCI receptacle must be on a ?separate circuit,? if by that phrase you mean to say ?separate from the bathroom GFCI receptacle circuit.? Is it possible that your fellow electricians are referring to 210.11(C)(3), and that they have misinterpreted that rule, or incorrectly described what the rule requires?
Here is ?Charlie?s Rule of Technical Communications?:
Perhaps you and your fellow electricians are simply not being clear in your communications. There is no rule that says an outside GFCI receptacle must be on a ?separate circuit,? if by that phrase you mean to say ?separate from every other circuit in the facility.? However, there is a rule that says an outside GFCI receptacle must be on a ?separate circuit,? if by that phrase you mean to say ?separate from the bathroom GFCI receptacle circuit.? Is it possible that your fellow electricians are referring to 210.11(C)(3), and that they have misinterpreted that rule, or incorrectly described what the rule requires?
Here is ?Charlie?s Rule of Technical Communications?:
jimwalker
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Re: outside gfci receptacles
Some very good electricians have worked for companies that tell them to run a circuit for the garage and outside receptacles.They do this for years and pretty soon think its code.I have found myself sometimes thinking something was code and this forum points it out as not a code.Like the gfci in a laundry,i thought it was code.Far too many electricians never look in a code book or even own one.
Some very good electricians have worked for companies that tell them to run a circuit for the garage and outside receptacles.They do this for years and pretty soon think its code.I have found myself sometimes thinking something was code and this forum points it out as not a code.Like the gfci in a laundry,i thought it was code.Far too many electricians never look in a code book or even own one.
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Re: outside gfci receptacles
The code does not prohibit it. I believe that Jim?s point was that the code does not require it. You can always do more than the code requires. But if you do, it is a personal choice or a design issue, not a code requirement.
The code does not prohibit it. I believe that Jim?s point was that the code does not require it. You can always do more than the code requires. But if you do, it is a personal choice or a design issue, not a code requirement.
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Re: outside gfci receptacles
On larger upscale homes it is common to tag a circuit and line side a gfci device.Smaller tract homes we hit the garage and go from there.So either way is OK.
On larger upscale homes it is common to tag a circuit and line side a gfci device.Smaller tract homes we hit the garage and go from there.So either way is OK.
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