TwistLock
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- Location
- California
- Occupation
- Electrician
Client wants two large wine fridges in garage. Current draw for both appears negligible but manual requests dedicated 15a. Simple.
However my concern is nuisance tripping while clients travel. New dedicated circuit means mandatory CAFCI but the ‘room’ the fridges will go is a previously converted 1/3rd section of a 3 car garage into a Laundry room (walled off on all sides with passage doors) so GFCI also, 210.8(A)(10). (CA 2020 NEC).
I’m curious if all receptacles in Laundry area need to be GFCI or just the ones serving washer / dryer. This is a long room with w/d at far end.
I know the day will come when I get an angry call for an AFCI nuisance trip so I wondered about plug in / pass though power failure alarms but since clients travel that renders these useless during those times (even if set up to WiFi alert).
I’m looking for any thoughts on how others might handle or have handled this.
However my concern is nuisance tripping while clients travel. New dedicated circuit means mandatory CAFCI but the ‘room’ the fridges will go is a previously converted 1/3rd section of a 3 car garage into a Laundry room (walled off on all sides with passage doors) so GFCI also, 210.8(A)(10). (CA 2020 NEC).
I’m curious if all receptacles in Laundry area need to be GFCI or just the ones serving washer / dryer. This is a long room with w/d at far end.
I know the day will come when I get an angry call for an AFCI nuisance trip so I wondered about plug in / pass though power failure alarms but since clients travel that renders these useless during those times (even if set up to WiFi alert).
I’m looking for any thoughts on how others might handle or have handled this.