Readily acceptable GFCI protection/breaker size question.

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So I bought a house in August. The electrical has me a bit confused. I have GFCI breakers for just about everything. I'm not sure why that was done but, whatever. The thing is there is maybe one GFI recept in every location there should be GFI protection and the rest are not. Now these all go back to a GFI breaker which I presume is sufficient. But, my panel is outside and it can be locked. Now, is this still readily accessible? The first thing I think about is in the event of inclement weather. That to me, makes said interrupter not readily accessible.

I just don't understand the logic of how everything was built out. I have a bathroom counter with two sinks and two recept's at the ends and only one of the two recept's is GFI protected. Could it be that the EC was also confused? What would the point of doing that be anyway?

One other question. Size this breaker:

6 recept's with two being ceiling mounted for garage door openers and two E12 light sockets. What say you?
 
Kind of late to think about the panel placement however everything sounds compliant. The breakers are probably arc fault and not gfci.

The bathroom gfci receptacle feeds the standard receptacle so both are gfci protected
 
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Caladbolg said:
So I bought a house in August. The electrical has me a bit confused. I have GFCI breakers for just about everything. I'm not sure why that was done but, whatever. The thing is there is maybe one GFI recept in every location there should be GFI protection and the rest are not. Now these all go back to a GFI breaker which I presume is sufficient. But, my panel is outside and it can be locked. Now, is this still readily accessible? The first thing I think about is in the event of inclement weather. That to me, makes said interrupter not readily accessible.

I just don't understand the logic of how everything was built out. I have a bathroom counter with two sinks and two recept's at the ends and only one of the two recept's is GFI protected. Could it be that the EC was also confused? What would the point of doing that be anyway?

One other question. Size this breaker:

6 recept's with two being ceiling mounted for garage door openers and two E12 light sockets. What say you?
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By definition, the receptacles that are mounted on the ceiling are not readily accessible. As far as the panel being outside, in normal weather it wouldn't be a problem. However, if you have to climb through a mound of snow to get to it, it is now not readily accessible.
 
danbel57 said:
By definition, the receptacles that are mounted on the ceiling are not readily accessible. As far as the panel being outside, in normal weather it wouldn't be a problem. However, if you have to climb through a mound of snow to get to it, it is now not readily accessible.
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i have to disagree with you. An outdoor panel is considered readily accessible even with a lock
 
What? 6 recept's with two being ceiling mounted for garage door openers and two E12 light sockets?

15A

And just for the record I have argued against outdoor panels for a long time, especially now that we have arc fault breakers containing electronics. They are bad enough as it is, what happens when they are exposed to moisture? But unfortunately the Code allows panels to be located outside.

-Hal
 
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hbiss said:
What? 6 recept's with two being ceiling mounted for garage door openers and two E12 light sockets?

15A

And just for the record I have argued against outdoor panels for a long time, especially now that we have arc fault breakers containing electronics. They are bad enough as it is, what happens when they are exposed to moisture? But unfortunately the Code allows panels to be located outside.

-Hal
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Without knowing the size of the garage door operators that is hard to determine. However, depending on what revision of code your municipality has adopted, you may be required to have at least one 20 amp circuit to your garage. If there's a chance that both openers could be used at the same time, you could have too much load for one circuit.
 
2 circuits, one for the garage door(20a) and the other for the lights (15 or 20a)

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I am sorry but you are not an electrician and forum rules do not allow questions of the diy nature. I am closing the thread. I allowed the thread in the beginning just as an informational thread but now it is looking like these are diy questions.
 
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