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Posted by on July 15, 2008, 3:10 pm
Redoing my bathroom and I purchased GFCI outlets for the walls. But I
just realized that the bathroom, as a whole, is on a GFCI circuit
breaker. Does standard practice or the NEC require both? Or is that
overdoing it?
-Theodore
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Posted by HeyBub on July 15, 2008, 3:34 pm
millinghill@yahoo.com wrote:
> Redoing my bathroom and I purchased GFCI outlets for the walls. But I
> just realized that the bathroom, as a whole, is on a GFCI circuit
> breaker. Does standard practice or the NEC require both? Or is that
> overdoing it?
>
Do you have fuses too?
Can't be too careful with that electricity stuff.
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Posted by on July 15, 2008, 3:53 pm
On Jul 15, 3:10=A0pm, millingh...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Redoing my bathroom and I purchased GFCI outlets for the walls. =A0But I
> just realized that the bathroom, as a whole, is on a GFCI circuit
> breaker. =A0Does standard practice or the NEC require both? Or is that
> overdoing it?
>
> -Theodore
Per NEC 2005, 550.13 (B) - a GFCI outlet is not required in a bathroom
if the feeder supplying the branch circuit is protected by a ground-
fault circuit-interrupter.
I like put the stickers on the outlet that say "GFCI Protected" when
my protection is at the feeder.
BRW
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Posted by metspitzer on July 15, 2008, 4:43 pm
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:10:06 -0700 (PDT), millinghill@yahoo.com wrote:
>Redoing my bathroom and I purchased GFCI outlets for the walls. But I
>just realized that the bathroom, as a whole, is on a GFCI circuit
>breaker. Does standard practice or the NEC require both? Or is that
>overdoing it?
>
>-Theodore
It is over doing it, although I don't see any harm in it.
The GFCI outlets cost at least 5 times as much.
The GFCI breaker is the most costly way to do it.
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Posted by mm on July 15, 2008, 6:05 pm
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:10:06 -0700 (PDT), millinghill@yahoo.com wrote:
>Redoing my bathroom and I purchased GFCI outlets for the walls. But I
>just realized that the bathroom, as a whole, is on a GFCI circuit
>breaker. Does standard practice or the NEC require both? Or is that
>overdoing it?
Not needed. My house was built with one GFI breaker for the bathroom
outlets, the kitchen sink outlets, and the outdoor outlets.
>-Theodore
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