Sometimes it's best to go back and review the ROP and ROC documents from the code cycle when the change took place.

The commercial kitchen gfci issue arose from documented deaths at restaurants and other similar facilities. Nowhere in the substantiation was there consideration for break rooms or office "kitchens".

However, the AHJ is always afforded the right to make their own interpretation which may result in a more conservative view than what was originally intended by the CMP.


A good axample would be Comment 2-14 Log #1545 of the 2001 ROC.


Bryan P. Holland, ECO.
Secretary - IAEI Florida Chapter