Electrical Problem (Kinda OT, maybe)
On 11/29/2013 3:15 PM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> Pearl F. Buck wrote:
>> On 11/27/2013 9:13 AM, pltrgyst wrote:
>>> On 11/26/2013 8:23 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> This particular circuit controls (oddly) the overhead lights in
>>>> the master bathroom where the tub and toilet are AND all the
>>>> electrical outlets in the garage. Where the freezer is....
>>>
>>> The Virginia townhouse we just moved out of had this same odd
>>> arrangement -- the garage outlets were on the same circuit as the
>>> master bathroom, up on the third floor. When something kicked the
>>> garage refrigerator off, the first thing to do was to check the
>>> GFCI outlet in the upstairs bathroom.
>>>
>>> -- Larry
>>>
>> A frig should never be on a gfi circuit.
>
> He didn't say it was. He said it was on the same circuit [breaker] as a
> GFCI outlet.
That would put it on the GFCI as all the other outlets are downstream as
they all must be protected. Code requires garages and bathrooms to be
GFCI protected and it can be done with a breaker or outlet upstream..
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