Does electric base board heat in a bathroom need to be gfci protected?
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Section 210.8 is the main rule for the application of groundfault
circuit interrupters (GFCIs).
Note that there are no exceptions to the bathroom GFCI
requirement.
For example, if a washing machine is located
in the bathroom, the 15- or 20- ampere, 125 volt receptacle
that is required to be supplied from the laundry branch circuit
must be GFCI protected.
yes
in a room with water, sure does
If it's designed for the bathroom then it should have one built in, but just to make extra sure that no one gets shocked, put it on a GFCI anyway. Never can be too careful when it's electricity and water.
Its a federal law that you have GFCI protection in any outlet that is near water...most newer heaters have what is called a thermal cut off already, but that wont help you with the electric part. If you have children especially, you need to have a GFI. You need to change the breaker in your panel to a GFI breaker, or if you can find the wire in your bathroom and doesnt have too much on the run, you can splice into that wire and run your heater from that. I would suggest running a new circut to your panel. It would probably be easier than fishing wires through the walls where they are already hooked up.
Yes. Just buy the GFCI outlet at a home improvement or hardware store and install it.
The installation should only take about a half hour.
Good luck.
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