Ok, a friend retired my garage. The plugs (2) are gcfi protected. The lights (including exterior food light) and plug in the rafters (for the door opener which is new) are NOT gfci protected. He didn't want the opener to trip the gfci, which it shouldn't, or the lights to kill. All the wiring is good, but I know technically the whole garage should be gfci protected. It wouldn't take too much to change a few connections and have it all protected through the load on the gfci plug. Should I do it, or don't bother for just lights and door opener?
Your post makes almost no since, but the only thing that needs to be GFI protected is the outside and inside lower outlets.
The ones for the garage door opener do not need to be GFI protected.
Not going to do any harm if they are though.
A circut breaker protects from an over loaded circut, a GFI protects againt an unbalanced circut. It's not going to trip just because a garage door kicks in. http://home.howstuffworks.com/question117.htm
Your post makes almost no since, but the only thing that needs to be GFI protected is the outside and inside lower outlets. The ones for the garage door opener do not need to be GFI protected.
The exception for single receptacles and ceiling mounted one not to have GFI protection has been removed in the 08 an 11 NEC. The protection needs to be readily accessible.
The exception for single receptacles and ceiling mounted one not to have GFI protection has been removed in the 08 an 11 NEC. The protection needs to be readily accessible.
It is, but as said earlier you may not have this requirement depending on what code cycle your state has adopted, but for simplicity sakes, since you are concerned to begin with, just install a GFCI breaker and feel safe again.
According to the map I have Michigan is on the 2008 code cycle and ALL garage receptacles would need GFI protection.
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