Hi Doug

I used one of those GFIC testers (with the test button).

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Walter
The Happy Iconoclast: www.rationality.net

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"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article , "Walter R."
wrote:
For a home built in 1983, does an inside laundry room outlet require GFIC
outlets (above the counter and close to the tub)? The laundry room is
between the garage and the living quarters.

I'm not sure if this was required by Code in 1983 or not, but it's a good
idea
regardless.

My main panel has two GFIC breakers, but I noticed that half of the garage
outlets and most of the exterior outlets are *not* GIFC protected. So much
for home inspections. -- I guess I will have to replace the missing GFIC
outlets, all ten of them.

First of all, how did you determine that these outlets are not GFCI
protected?
Even if the receptacles are not, themselves, GFCIs, they may be protected
by
one of the two GFCI breakers, or by another GFCI receptacle somewhere. If
you
don't already have a plug-in tester to test GFCI-protected outlets, this
would
be a good time to get one.

Second, there's no reason to replace all ten receptacles with GFCIs. You
need
only one GFCI per circuit, if you wire it right - which is described, in
detail, in the manufacturer's instructions that accompany the device.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?