How many downstream Gfci's
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How many downstream Gfci's
Did some adding ,rerouting and upgrading of receptacles and lighting ckts in my garage. I know the outlets in the garage must be GFCI protected, but how many recepts are permitted downstream from the "MASTER".
Added two dedicated 20 amp outlets for my power tools, separated the liighting and recepts that existed.Shame on the previous owner, there were never any GFCI's, and all 20 amp breakers wired with 14 /2, and 14/3.
the difficult to reach recepts I left on the #14 and swapped in a 15 amp breaker , Until I can get to it. A total of 5 circuits, 4 must be Gfci protected , due to the recept's.
Short of buying breakers for the 4 ckts, How many standard recepts are allowed downstream from a gfci recept.?
Added two dedicated 20 amp outlets for my power tools, separated the liighting and recepts that existed.Shame on the previous owner, there were never any GFCI's, and all 20 amp breakers wired with 14 /2, and 14/3.
the difficult to reach recepts I left on the #14 and swapped in a 15 amp breaker , Until I can get to it. A total of 5 circuits, 4 must be Gfci protected , due to the recept's.
Short of buying breakers for the 4 ckts, How many standard recepts are allowed downstream from a gfci recept.?
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The GFI protection can also be provided by a GFI receptacle wired to the first receptacle in the string. At about $12 a pop considereably cheaper than a GFI breaker.
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AFAIK there is no limit on the number of receptacles that can be served by one GFCI receptacle, for example here are Lutron's GFCI receptacle installation instructions:
http://www.lutron.com/instructions/030410.pdf
http://www.lutron.com/instructions/030410.pdf
#7
There is no limit on downstream from GFCI repectale but only one weak link it will affect Both GFCI breaker and GFCI repctale is the distance.
150-250 feet is about the max distance other wise it can do funny thing after that long run.
Merci, Marc
150-250 feet is about the max distance other wise it can do funny thing after that long run.
Merci, Marc
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UncleDiezel :
If you allready have GFCI repectales or GFCI breaker[s] in the garage you dont need to use the 50A two pole GFCI breaker.
those item is not cheap at all and the other reason why i say not need it at all because if one of the GFCI repectle trip and it may trip the GFCI breaker as well so,, it pretty much used the common sense along the way.
Merci, Marc
If you allready have GFCI repectales or GFCI breaker[s] in the garage you dont need to use the 50A two pole GFCI breaker.
those item is not cheap at all and the other reason why i say not need it at all because if one of the GFCI repectle trip and it may trip the GFCI breaker as well so,, it pretty much used the common sense along the way.
Merci, Marc
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If you allready have GFCI repectales or GFCI breaker[s] in the garage you dont need to use the 50A two pole GFCI breaker.
those item is not cheap at all
those item is not cheap at all
Once again, the 'big box teens" told me I was only allowed 3 downstream recepts----and it just didnt sound right.
each of my "DEDS" will obviously have their own GFCI, the lighting , If I'm correct doesnt need it, and the rest of the outlets wll be protected by the first recept in the string being GFCI.
Thanks as always to all......
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http://www.villageofshorewood.org/ve...89BF94D%7D.PDF
Drafted by an inspector, probably in response to one yahoo's work, reviewed by counsel who knows nothing about electricity or electric codes, and passed by a board that knows even less.
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Check out Section 9-511 here:
http://www.villageofshorewood.org/ve...89BF94D%7D.PDF
Drafted by an inspector, probably in response to one yahoo's work, reviewed by counsel who knows nothing about electricity or electric codes, and passed by a board that knows even less.
http://www.villageofshorewood.org/ve...89BF94D%7D.PDF
Drafted by an inspector, probably in response to one yahoo's work, reviewed by counsel who knows nothing about electricity or electric codes, and passed by a board that knows even less.
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I am not here to defend the big box, but sometimes local codes have somewhat arbitrary provisions banning certain things. Check out Section 9-511 here:
http://www.villageofshorewood.org/ve...89BF94D%7D.PDF
Drafted by an inspector, probably in response to one yahoo's work, reviewed by counsel who knows nothing about electricity or electric codes, and passed by a board that knows even less.
http://www.villageofshorewood.org/ve...89BF94D%7D.PDF
Drafted by an inspector, probably in response to one yahoo's work, reviewed by counsel who knows nothing about electricity or electric codes, and passed by a board that knows even less.
"All appliance outlets installed in the kitchen or dining areas shall be computed at 650 watts per outlet with no more than three double receptacles permitted on a 20-ampere circuit. Clock outlets used for support, as well as for the power supply, may be installed on a lighting circuit."
while it exceeds NEC it's IMO not unreasonable, loads like this
are common in modern kitchens, and I frequently encounter them at home and even condo inspections.