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2023年8月14日 · 70% of my service business volume has been outlets & power failures, which compel some kind of 1-pole AFCI / GFCI to abate an existing wiring hazard, or construction defect, and guarantee compliance with insurance requirements. 2-pole requirements will compel more of this, without the option of using outlet devices.
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2020年4月15日 · 406.4(D)(4) likely (4) Arc-Fault Circuit-Interrupter Protection. Where a recepta cle outlet is located in any areas specified in 210.12(A) or (B), a replacement receptacle at this outlet shall be one of the following: (1) A listed outlet branch-circuit type arc-fault circuitinterrupter receptacle (2) A receptacle protected by a listed outlet …
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2015年5月14日 · It is based on the room the outlet is in. Outdoor outlets are not required to have AFCI protection. However 2014 added "or devices" after "outlets" in 210.12(A), so if the outdoor outlet is controlled by a switch inside in a room mentioned in 210.12(A), then that switch requires AFCI protection and subsequently the outlet will have protection ...
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2024年8月5日 · The 50 or 70 ft information only related to fact the these AFCI of GFCI would have enough voltage drop over that distance that it would create significant nuisance tripping. First outlet installation of an AFCI does require a metallic wiring system such as EMT, MC, AC, or IMC, Rigid and nothing to do with 50ft or less.
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Mar 22, 2020. #9. 210.12 (C) is a new Section in the 2014 NEC that requires AFCI protection for the branch circuits supplying 125V, 15A or 20A outlets in dormitory bedrooms, living rooms, hallways, closets and similar rooms.
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2019年10月12日 · Three unrelated items: Arc fault breaker, GFCI and TR (tamper resistant). An AFCI breaker does not take the place of a GFCI so you need to install GFCI receptacles where required regardless of if the circuit is fed from an AFCI breaker. As far as TR, all receptacles in residential need to be tamper resistant.
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2022年12月11日 · If I were still in the residential rat race, I would just fill my panelboards with dual function AFCI/GFCI breakers. Most all 120v circuits are required to be AFCI protected. Several circuits require GFCI protection and several require both. The manufacturers that are on the CMP's won't rest until everything is AFCI/GFCI both.
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2017年8月28日 · There is a new paragraph added, in the 2017 NEC, to 210.8 that applies to all of 210.8 where distance is measured: A cabinet door is a "door". As for the Dishwasher being GFCI'd, that requirement is in 210.8 (D) and is required without regard to any distance measurement, so it must be GFCI'd. A dwelling microwave, hanging above a range ...
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2020年1月12日 · The definition of an outlet. Smoke detectors are usually on a different circuit than the room receptacles, but are still required to be on afci because they are identified as an outlet. So if lights and smokes are said to be outlets, then the same can be said about the lights in a garage which are prohibited to be on the receptacle circuit.
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2015年4月25日 · d. The combination of the branch-circuit overcurrent device and outlet branch-circuit AFCI shall be identified as meeting the requirements for a system combination?type AFCI and shall be listed as such. (5) If RMC, IMC, EMT, Type MC, or steel-armored Type AC cables meeting the requirements of 250.118, metal wireways, metal auxiliary gutters ...