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Re: Washer Machine outlet, GFCI protected?
Tim,
Long time no hear from you much. Father/father-in-law still there?
From the 2008 NEC:
- 210.8 Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter Protection for Personnel.
- - (A) Dwelling Units. All 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacles installed in the locations specified in (1) through (8) shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel.
- - - (7) Laundry, utility, and wet bar sinks — where the receptacles are installed within 1.8 m (6 ft) of the outside edge of the sink.
Do not find any exception for laundry equipment (went back several code editions), and I did not expect to find any exception either. If the laundry equipment trips the GFCI, the laundry equipment needs to be checked and repaired.
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