Outdoor Outlets
08-16-2008, 06:45 AM
#41
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Originally Posted by GreenMonster
Congrats !!
But that would drive me crazy... Having one outlet take out 1/2 dozen others...
But that would drive me crazy... Having one outlet take out 1/2 dozen others...
08-17-2008, 08:54 AM
#44
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Originally Posted by Scrib
So wait... They wired the outdoor outlets to a bathroom GFI breaker?
08-17-2008, 07:54 PM
#46
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Originally Posted by Fibonacci
Did you check with you HOA yet?
08-18-2008, 02:12 PM
#48
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That is pretty rigged. The outdoor outlets should be on a separate circuit from anything inside.
Now all you need to do is keep your son from pressing the buttons on the outlets.
Now all you need to do is keep your son from pressing the buttons on the outlets.
08-18-2008, 02:45 PM
#50
Originally Posted by moeronn
That is pretty rigged. The outdoor outlets should be on a separate circuit from anything inside.
Now all you need to do is keep your son from pressing the buttons on the outlets.
Now all you need to do is keep your son from pressing the buttons on the outlets.
At work we would put the GFCI in the garage and run the seperate outside circuits off of it so there was no chance of the GFCI having water damage.
And very rarely we would just use a GFCI breaker.
08-18-2008, 04:01 PM
#51
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Originally Posted by Scottman111
Who were the retards that wired your house?
Although I've seen much worse...
Although I've seen much worse...
I think the crappy wiring came standard with the laced curtains in the garage option.
08-18-2008, 05:42 PM
#52
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Originally Posted by moeronn
That is pretty rigged. The outdoor outlets should be on a separate circuit from anything inside.
Now all you need to do is keep your son from pressing the buttons on the outlets.
Now all you need to do is keep your son from pressing the buttons on the outlets.
08-18-2008, 05:43 PM
#53
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Originally Posted by dom
08-18-2008, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Scottman111
Who were the retards that wired your house?
08-18-2008, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Whiskers
....2 other electricians told me to check the outlets in the bathroom or kitchen
Did the outlet wiring meet local building codes at the time it was installed?
08-19-2008, 07:17 AM
#56
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Originally Posted by Will Y.
Well, if it's a local standardized practice, hopefully there was some rhyme or reason for that method of wiring.
Did the outlet wiring meet local building codes at the time it was installed?
Did the outlet wiring meet local building codes at the time it was installed?
08-19-2008, 10:35 AM
#57
Originally Posted by Whiskers
I already warned him...I have no idea, but 2 other electricians told me to check the outlets in the bathroom or kitchen
So...you called them but neither of them came out?
08-19-2008, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Scottman111
So...you called them but neither of them came out?
08-20-2008, 12:34 PM
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Wrong, sort of. There is a statewide code that most towns and townships can and do enforce locally.
It was common back to the 1980's to have all wet outlets (kitchen counter, bathroom, garage, unfinished basement) on a single circuit with a single GFCI (the interruptors were expensive back then).
It was common back to the 1980's to have all wet outlets (kitchen counter, bathroom, garage, unfinished basement) on a single circuit with a single GFCI (the interruptors were expensive back then).
08-20-2008, 12:35 PM
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Wrong, sort of. There is a statewide code that most towns and townships can and do enforce locally.
It was common back to the 1980's to have all wet outlets (kitchen counter, bathroom, garage, unfinished basement) on a single circuit with a single GFCI (the interruptors were expensive back then).
It was common back to the 1980's to have all wet outlets (kitchen counter, bathroom, garage, unfinished basement) on a single circuit with a single GFCI (the interruptors were expensive back then).
08-20-2008, 05:28 PM
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08-21-2008, 08:23 AM
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Some PA municipalities do require an inspection and/or CO on resale. The rest are happy to let buyers and sellers sue each other if the seller made un-permitted and/or non-compliant improvements. Freedom is good, but sometimes requires a lawyer.
08-21-2008, 08:28 AM
#66
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The prior owner gave us all the info from the licensed contractors, so we should be ok....
08-21-2008, 12:26 PM
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I have nine in my kitchen alone. It was fooking expensive to change them out when the wife wanted different color outlets to coordinate with her out-of-style tile backsplash.
08-21-2008, 12:51 PM
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Must be code here because the builder wouldn't have spent the money if he didn't have to. Every outlet above a counter plus the one on the island are GFCIs, and not daisy-chained.
08-21-2008, 07:15 PM
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I think I went a little overboard with GFCI outlet - using them for all above counter recepticles even when they are on the same circuit
I also learned that GFCI outlets don't work on switched circuits - i.e. for the disposal outlet under the sink.
08-22-2008, 01:21 PM
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08-22-2008, 03:16 PM
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I don't think I said they are all on separate circuits -- in fact they are all on a single circuit. They just aren't daisy chained - they are wired like normal outlets, rather than using the special daisy-chaining lugs on one GFCI outlet to protect multiple outlets.
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