Waterless Toilet GFCI Protection

[session88]

Installing multiple Waterless Toilets at Remote Facilities. The small buildings have a small room that I will make into a Toilet Only Rest Room.

The entire building does not have running water at all. Zero plumbing in the building. There is nothing else inside the Rest Room with the Incinolet Waterless Toilet. The toilet is essentially a large stainless steel can with a large heating element and blower fan - See link below.
I will be installing a dedicated 120VAC 20Amp Circuit to the outlet as per the manufacture's requirement.
The toilet has a cord with a 20 Amp Plug. Will not be Hard-Wiring the toilet.

Does the 20 Amp outlet for this Incinolet Toilet need to be GFCI Protected ?

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[102 Inspector]

If the only thing in the room is the toilet, then it does not meet the definition of a bathroom. My guess is that it would not require GFCI unless the installation instructions advise otherwise.

 

[jim dungar]

I would suggest a single receptacle. If there is an open receptacle someone will plug something into it.

 

[Jraef]

Just have to say, when I decided to enter the electrical field some 50 years ago, never in my wildest imagination would I have ever thought to have to encounter a situation involving a “waterless toilet” that needed an electrical circuit (as opposed to an outhouse)…

 

[Barbqranch]

Just have to say, when I decided to enter the electrical field some 50 years ago, never in my wildest imagination would I have ever thought to have to encounter a situation involving a “waterless toilet” that needed an electrical circuit (as opposed to an outhouse)…

But how can you read the Sears catalog without a light in the outhouse?

 

[102 Inspector]

Sadly, if you read the description, it sounds like you go in a bag. the electric is only for ventilation fan. Upgraded outhouse.

 

[jim dungar]

Sadly, if you read the description, it sounds like you go in a bag. the electric is only for ventilation fan. Upgraded outhouse.

From the website.

"Incinolet is a cutting-edge, water-free toilet that uses electric heat to incinerate human waste"

 

[grich]

From the website.

"Incinolet is a cutting-edge, water-free toilet that uses electric heat to incinerate human waste"

And have been around for decades. Lots of Bell System remote sites used them. I think the only maintenance is to remove the ash every once in a while.

 

[Little Bill]

I saw one installed in the TV show, Homestead Rescue. I just thought

 

[LarryFine]

But how can you read the Sears catalog without a light in the outhouse?

It's not for reading, it's a source of paper.

 

[Little Bill]

It's not for reading, it's a source of paper.

It's both, you read it first, then the paper use.
Or read it and use corn cobs!

 

[grich]

I saw one installed in the TV show, Homestead Rescue. I just thought

I've seen them in an episode of Maine Cabin Masters, where the cabin was too close to the lake to accommodate a septic system.

Yeah, the concept of a poop-toaster is a bit rough, but better than an ice-cold outhouse in the middle of the night. I suppose.

 

[Barbqranch]

A friend has one, and says it works very well and doesn't stink.

 

[hokadof188]

Burn the evidence!