GFI outlet bad?

[LAMBCRUSHER]

you're better off(cheaper) to run your circuit to the first plug location and instal a gfi recep there. take the rest of that circuit(less freezer) from the out terminals on the GFI and install regular receps there after. the regular receps will be protected by the upstream GFI if wire off the out terminals of the gfi. It is a wash as far as the work goes and you don't save any wire one way or the other. a GFCI recep is like $15 whereas a breaker is like $50. the freezer CAN be part of the same circuit(tapped of the line BEFORE the GFI) but you should dedicate that IMO and use of a single recepticle makes lack of GFI protection at that location more acceptable(although after 09, EVERYTHING outside, in a garage, a commercial kitchen is supposed to be GFI protected by my interp of the code)

 

[fj40charles]

Thanks for the reply Lambcrusher. Can you tell me if an GFCI breaker is more reliable than an GFCI receptacle in terms tripping due to load? I'm not worried about the cost or installation of it. I want something I won't have to replace often.

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

Thanks for the reply Lambcrusher. Can you tell me if an GFCI breaker is more reliable than an GFCI receptacle in terms tripping due to load? I'm not worried about the cost or installation of it. I want something I won't have to replace often.

in my experience(YMMV), they're half a dozen to one, blah blah blah as far as reliability goes...I've replaced more receptacles than breakers, but thats just a volume thing. i have had to replace gcfi breakers as well. best use for a gfci breaker is for lack of access to reset the receptacle at its installed location. I have done service changes where there was a gfi breaker and alot of other stuff and for lack of space in the panel, had to run the wires it fed to a panel mounted(below or next to on the exterior of) GFCI receptacle load terminals. a gfci breaker uses a full space in the modern application(as it did in yorn)whereas a twin regular breaker can be fitted instead and give more circuit capacity(or enough). If you have access to the receptacle at the head of the string, install a gfci receptacle. IMO

 

[fj40charles]

in my experience(YMMV), they're half a dozen to one, blah blah blah as far as reliability goes...I've replaced more receptacles than breakers, but thats just a volume thing. i have had to replace gcfi breakers as well. best use for a gfci breaker is for lack of access to reset the receptacle at its installed location. I have done service changes where there was a gfi breaker and alot of other stuff and for lack of space in the panel, had to run the wires it fed to a panel mounted(below or next to on the exterior of) GFCI receptacle load terminals. a gfci breaker uses a full space in the modern application(as it did in yorn)whereas a twin regular breaker can be fitted instead and give more circuit capacity(or enough). If you have access to the receptacle at the head of the string, install a gfci receptacle. IMO

Thank you Lambcrusher. I will just install a 20 amp GFCI receptacle at the head of the string.