Recent content by exranger06

Are you referring to the code sections about laundry circuits I cited, or is this about the AFCI/GFCI requirements? If it's about the AFCI/GFCI, I already said he doesn't HAVE to change any of that. I was just letting him know what the current code says, and left it up to him to change it if he...

I agree that reactive power serves a purpose, and we do need it, but IMO, that just makes the beer analogy even more accurate. Obviously you wouldn't want a beer that's mostly foam, but you DO want at least a little foam on top (though I guess it depends on personal preference). The foam helps...

I'm assuming this is an attached garage, yes? If so, everything looks good, except I would also completely remove the bonding screw.

What do you see that's wrong? Usually when people post pics of their panel, I can find at least one thing wrong, but this time I was surprised that I couldn't find a single thing wrong. So I don't know what you're seeing that's wrong.

210.52(F) says you need at least one receptacle in "areas designated for the installation of laundry equipment." I would consider the entire laundry room as the "area for laundry equipment." So you need a minimum of one receptacle in the whole room, though you could certainly have more than one...

Bedrooms don't need GFCI, only AFCI. Unless the bedroom is in a finished basement area, in which case it's also a "basement outlet" that also needs GFCI. There are some areas of a house that require both AFCI and GFCI (kitchen outlets, for example). In those cases, you can use either a dual...

2020 NEC says that every receptacle in a garage needs GFCI protection. If your 120V receptacles already have built-in GFCI, then you don't need GFCI breakers. Keep in mind that receptacles with built-in GFCI need to be "readily accessible" (an average height person doesn't need a ladder to reach...

Since you have 4 current carrying conductors in the same conduit, the ampacity needs to be decreased to 80%. (310.15(C)(1)). In addition to that, you also need to derate further for ambient temperature (310.15(B)). An attic is likely to get really hot in the summer where this can be an issue. If...

You can use the existing 6-3 and just cap off the unused neutral. BTW, a "6-3 w/o ground" (I'm assuming you meant 6-3 w/o neutral) is a 6-2 cable (2 conductors, not including the ground wire). 6-3 has 3 conductors, not including the ground wire.

NEC 2020 requires GFCI only for countertops and within 6' of the sink. 2023 NEC requires GFCI on ALL kitchen receptacles, regardless of location. And that includes the 240V receptacle for the oven.

You have that backwards. The metal box primarily gets the ground wire attached first. A bonding wire is then run from the box to the receptacle, if the receptacle isn't already bonded to the box via the mounting screws. 250.148(B) says "the arrangement of grounding conductors shall be such that...

It sounds like this is an attached garage, and the main panel is located somewhere else in the house, and it's a pain to run new circuits from the panel to the garage. Is that correct? I had the same situation in my house. So I installed a subpanel in the garage. That way, I only had to run one...

I agree that it would work as long as there's no shared neutral on the load side of the GFCIs (AND if it's only for 120V receptacles). However, that's not what the OP was planning on doing. OP WAS planning on sharing the neutral from the load-side of the GFCIs, which is why I said it wouldn't...

OP was talking about using GFCI receptacles as the first receptacles in the chain, and feeding the rest of the receptacles from the "load" side of the GFCI receptacles. And I said it won't work in that configuration. Yes, he could make it work with GFCI receptacles at every location, IF every...

You cannot use GFCI receptacles in this configuration. They will trip the moment you use something plugged into the other hot leg. The only way to make this work is to use a 2-pole GFCI breaker. And even then, it may or may not be code compliant to wire it up this way. Doesn't sound like a good...