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Ron

Jan 1, 1970
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Remodeling and installing a Whirlpool has 120v 3wire pigtail with plug

1st Question is can GFCI 's for this be put in a subpanel ?

2nd does this need a seperate bonding wire back to the entrance panel?

3rd If bonding is necessary can it be to a cold water pipe?
 
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Ron

Jan 1, 1970
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Greg said:
Yes you can put a GFCI breaker in virtually any panel you can buy or you can
use a GFCI receptacle.




A sub panel should have a 4 wire feeder from the entrance panel. 2 hots,
neutrakl and ground with a seprate ground and neutral bus in the panel




No.

Thanks for info
 
Remodeling and installing a Whirlpool has 120v 3wire pigtail with plug

1st Question is can GFCI 's for this be put in a subpanel ?

Sure, just see below....
2nd does this need a seperate bonding wire back to the entrance panel?

Yes in a way, the last time I dealt with this the NEC required that
the bond be unbroken (no splices) from the device all the way back to
the service entrance panel bonding point. And I would need to check
but I believe may be a minimum wire size of #10 and solid wire
requirement as well, anybody else, my code books at work,
3rd If bonding is necessary can it be to a cold water pipe?

In ADDITION to the continuious bond back to the service entrance panel
you should have any METAL water pipe and water heater tanks bonded as
well.

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"It's not what folks don't know that gets 'em in the most trouble,
it's the things they do know that ain't so" Will Rodgers

"Any sufficiently advanced technology appears as magic" Arthur C.
Clarke
 
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daestrom

Jan 1, 1970
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Michael Moroney said:
Hooboy. We just had a whirlpool installed, and the electrician ran a
ground wire (looks like #10 or #8) from the ground lugs on the pump and
heater to clamps on the copper cold and hot pipes - and that's it.
The electrical inspector was here today and he approved of everything,
although he didn't actually check the ground. He did check for and was
happy to see the GFI outlets for the pump and heater.

This sounds like he *bonded* all the metal parts of the whirlpool together.
This is an important safety measure. He may not have been connecting to the
cold pipe for a ground, but just to *bond* all metal parts together. You
did mention that he connected to both hot and cold pipes.

The pump and heater feeder from the service panel most likely includes a
ground wire back to the panel for *grounding*. And hopefully there is a
GFCI breaker in the panel as well.

daestrom
 
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