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Re: Exterior GFCI's
Dave,
Let's do it this way.
Download and open the GFCI page.
Go across the top row to "Crawlspaces".
Go down that column to the first year with the "X" and any notes to the "X" (there are not notes to the "X").
The first year that receptacles in Crawlspaces was in the NEC was 1990, and it includes *ALL* receptacles in the crawlspace - there are no exceptions, never have been any.
Prior to 1990, though, any receptacles in the crawlspace did not require GFCI protection.
Now, however, move across the top row to "Unfinished Basements", go down to the first "X" and note the applicable notes, "7"a, b, c, d, e, variations as the codes progressed through the years.
Under "Unfinished Basements" you will find "sump pump" listed at "7b", thus, from 1990 through to 2004 (the last year of the 2002 NEC before the 2005) sump pumps were excepted out of having required GFCI protection. In 2005, though, that exception went away.
Did the above help in that format?
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