GFCI in Kitchen and laundry

[LazyPup]

Outr local code requires all outlets on the kitchen counter top or in the laundry area that are withing 6ft of the water faucetts to be on GFCI. It is my understanding this is an NEC requirement. Can anyone confirm the NEC requirements and provide a code reference number???

[HayZee518]

210-8

[HayZee518]

section 210 is essentially all that has to do with branch circuits not limited to gfci-s. outlet spacing, loads etc.

[kactuskid]

Hazee has it right, section 210 it is. The requirement for a laundry room GFCI within 6' of a laundry sink is a new addition to the 2005 NEC. Prior to 2005 laundry rooms were not required to be GFCI protected. GFCI protected kitchen countertop receptacles has been required for a long time. Bare in mind that the NEC is really the minimum, and local codes rule over these. Per the curent NEC, any time a receptacle is replaced in an area that a GFCI wasn't required in past code but is required per new code, the receptacle must be replaced with a GFCI type. Here's a couple of links that'll give you lots of details. The first one details laundry rooms and the second one details everything else.

http://www.ecmweb.com/mag/electric_code_changes_8/
http://www.codecheck.com/pg27_28electrical.html