Basement GFCI
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Basement GFCI
I'm adding a new 20A circuit in the basement to help alleviate some overload from a 15A circuit that already exists.
I'm installing a GFCI breaker. I've read a few threads here that have managed to confuse me, so I figured I may as well ask:
Does code also require GFCI receptacles, or can I simply put the blue "GFCI Protected" stickers on regular 20A receptacles?
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I'm installing a GFCI breaker. I've read a few threads here that have managed to confuse me, so I figured I may as well ask:
Does code also require GFCI receptacles, or can I simply put the blue "GFCI Protected" stickers on regular 20A receptacles?
Thanks!
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If the books confuse then you aren't reading the correct books.
GFCI protection is required in certain places. Unfinished basements is one of them. Code does not require GFCI receptacles, it merely requires GFCI protection. This protection can come from a GFCI breaker, a faceless GFCI or a GFCI receptacle.
GFCI protection is required in certain places. Unfinished basements is one of them. Code does not require GFCI receptacles, it merely requires GFCI protection. This protection can come from a GFCI breaker, a faceless GFCI or a GFCI receptacle.
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If the books confuse then you aren't reading the correct books.
GFCI protection is required in certain places. Unfinished basements is one of them. Code does not require GFCI receptacles, it merely requires GFCI protection. This protection can come from a GFCI breaker, a faceless GFCI or a GFCI receptacle.
GFCI protection is required in certain places. Unfinished basements is one of them. Code does not require GFCI receptacles, it merely requires GFCI protection. This protection can come from a GFCI breaker, a faceless GFCI or a GFCI receptacle.