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680.12(B) GFCI Protected Receptacle Required in Pool Equipment Room

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Change Summary

  • New subpart addresses GFCI protection for receptacles installed in pool equipment rooms, vaults and pits.

NEC®Text

Article 680 Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations
680.12 Equipment Rooms, Vaults, and Pits.
(B) Receptacles. At least one GFCI-protected 125-volt, 15- or 20-ampere receptacle supplied from a general purpose branch circuit shall be located within an equipment room. All other receptacles supplied by branch circuits rated 150 volts or less to ground within an equipment room and any receptacles supplied by a branch circuit rated 150 volts or less to ground in a vault or pit shall be GFCI protected.

Material taken from the National Electric Code. is reprinted with permission from NFPA 70., 2023 edition. National Electrical Code®, Copyright 2022, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA. All rights reserved.

Expert Analysis

A new subpart has been relocated from 680.22(A)(5) to clarify that this requirement would only apply to an equipment room for a permanently installed pool.
It would not apply to an equipment room for a spa or hot tub, fountain, etc. An equipment room for fountain pumps, chlorinators, etc. is common at hotels and other installations. This type of equipment room should also have a GFCI protected receptacle.
A GFCI protected receptable is needed for installers and maintainers who service equipment in these rooms.

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