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Evan typed:
On Jul 2, 5:55 pm, "RBM" wrote:
"Twayne" wrote in message

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RBM typed:
"Evan" wrote in message
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On Jul 2, 4:20 pm, "RBM" wrote:
"Twayne" wrote in message

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Josh typed:
I plan on adding a dedicated 20A GFIC outlet above my
kitchen countertop, fed from a new 20A circuit breaker
via 12-2 w/ground Romex run through my attic and down
inside the wall to the outlet. Two questions:

1. Since it will be a dedicated circuit (only the one
outlet on it) does the electrical code require a
junction box between the breaker and the outlet?

2. Since the outlet will be the end of the line, is it
necessary to use wire caps and jumpers for the hot and
neutral in the outlet box, or can I simply run them
straight to the outlet terminals? I've seen the
connections drawn both ways in reference books. They
all show the wire cap and jumper to a screw for the
ground wire, but differ as to the need for wire caps
and jumpers for the other two wires.

Contact your local code enforcement office and ask
them. No one here is going to know preciesly what their
requirements are.

HTH,

Twayne`

People on this group tend to know NEC and CEC, which is
certainly the basis
for whatever local jurisdictions use. Why is it that you
think everyone has
a " local code enforcement office"? I for one, have
nothing like that in my
area.

LOL... You do have such an office, you just live in a
large area served
by a county-wide or state-wide "local office"...

Most places in the US have a city or town wiring
inspector
OR pay a fee to their county to have the county
inspector conduct the wiring inspections and sign off on
the permits...

~~ Evan

Not exactly. I live in Westchester county, NY. I hold a
master electrician's license issued by the county. When I
do electrical work, depending upon the particular
jurisdiction , I hire an inspection company and I pay
them directly. There are no electrical code enforcement
offices
that a citizen can call and get any information regarding
electrical requirements.

You are either weasel-wording or just outright
uneducated. There IS code enforcement, whether you choose
to recognize it or not.

You constantly tell people to call their "code inforcement
office" for answers to their electrical questions. I'm
saying that there is no code inforcement office in my
county or any neighboring counties. When licensed
electricians do work, we have accounts with private
,certified electrical inspection companies.We hire them
and they inspect our work. There is no governmental office
that one can call for answers to electrical questions, and
the private inspection companies are only going to tell a
person to call a licensed electrician.




LOL... So there is no possible conflict of interest there
at all...

You PAY a company to inspect, would you keep paying them if
they failed your
work... LOL...

Who randomly spot checks various types of installations to
be sure that the codes are actually being interpreted and
correctly applied...

Sounds to me you could shop around for an private
inspection firm which is less strict than another...

Tell me which state/county this is in so I will never stay
in any structure there, as they are not being inspected by
an uninterested party like the government...

~~ Evan

I suspect the problem there may be simply not knowing where the
responsibility lies and the rest might be sort of educated guesses. He only
mentioned county; nothing about town or state, for instance. I know it can
be hard to figure out sometimes and it becomes important if it's an insured
property.

HTH,

Twayne`