When is dual AFCI and GFCI required?

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I am considering using the dual function for kitchen and laundry, then install an SPD receptacle for the range, washer, dryer for additional protection. I use a panel mounted SPD.
This meets the Mike Holt rule for SPDs
1. More is Better
2. You get what you pay for

I know proposals have been made to require SPDs, there are a few locations where they are already required. If you are not installing SPDs at the panel, the I would recommend this. Every service I install for industrial locaitons (wells, pump stations, etc) has one or two 42,000 series Leviton SPDs.
 
This thread is over 3 years old and is supposed to be closed. However, since some of what is mentioned is still relevant I will leave it open.
 
2017 NEC 210.12 AFCI protection

Dwelling unit
  1. kitchens
  2. family rooms
  3. dining rooms
  4. living rooms
  5. parlors
  6. libraries
  7. dens
  8. bedrooms
  9. sunrooms
  10. recreation rooms
  11. closets
  12. hallways
  13. laundry areas
  14. or similar rooms
210.8 GFCI

(A) (6)-kitchens-where receptacles are installed to SERVE counter top surfaces.


210.8 (D)- is your language relating dishwasher branch circuit OUTLET GFCI protection.
 
tom baker said:
I am considering using the dual function for kitchen and laundry, then install an SPD receptacle for the range, washer, dryer for additional protection. I use a panel mounted SPD.
This meets the Mike Holt rule for SPDs
1. More is Better
2. You get what you pay for

I know proposals have been made to require SPDs, there are a few locations where they are already required. If you are not installing SPDs at the panel, the I would recommend this. Every service I install for industrial locaitons (wells, pump stations, etc) has one or two 42,000 series Leviton SPDs.
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2020 has passed SPDs for dwelling units!
 
Alex Verdecia said:
Then when it is permitted to use the AFCI GFCI receptacle combination outlet instead of a breaker.
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When one is replacing an existing receptacle outlet device (say a kitchen counter GFI no longer tests and needs to be replaced) per 2017 NEC 406.4(D)(4)(1) the replacement device must also have AFCI protection. So one may use a GFCI / AFCI Dual Function receptacle device, and that satisfies the Code.
 
Alex Verdecia said:
Then when it is permitted to use the AFCI GFCI receptacle combination outlet instead of a breaker.
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The comments you replied to were four years old, from January 2016. AFCI/GFCI receptacle combination outlets did not exist back then. In fact, I didn't know they existed now!

Here are some links, for those who, like me, are still out of the loop:
Legrand AFCI
Leviton Dual Function AFCI/GFCI
Hubbell AFCI/GFCI
And, an announcement of this new product, from Leviton, copyright date 2017.
 
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