On Aug 28, 11:46*am, Bruce L. Bergman
wrote:

* Consider the new rules of putting "all kitchen receptacles" on a
GFCI. *You go off for a three week vacation, and the next day the
GFCI circuit that has your refrigerator and freezer on it nuisance
trips - something dumb like a drop of water got across the connection
block in the fridge, and then it evaporated. Nobody there to notice or
reset it.

* When you come back in three weeks and open that refrigerator door,
you'd better not have just eaten. *Unless you have an iron
constitution (or work in the sewers) one good lungfull and your
cookies are going to get tossed.

You think that's bad? Wait till they try to make you put a GFCI on the
outlet on the cook top, esp. if it's close to the sink. That's a
peach.

As for the fridge/freezer, see if you can hardwire it in like a
disposall. PITA to get it out but it gets around the problem.