Electric Snow Melting or Deicing Receptacle

[jtedesco1]

For outdoor receptacles that are not readily accessible and are supplied by a dedicated branch circuit for electric snow-melting or deicing equipment shall be permitted to be installed in accordance with 426.28.

426.28 Equipment Protection.

Ground-fault protection of equipment shall be provided for fixed outdoor electric deicing and snow-melting equipment, except for equipment that employs mineral-insulated, metal-sheathed cable embedded in a noncombustible medium. Section 426-28 requires ground fault protection of equipment for fixed outdoor electric deicing and snow-melting equipment, the trip ratings for these devices are usually in the 30 milliamp and higher range (anything higher than the 6 milliamps for a Class A GFCI device)

[Jay Moge]

Joe. is that to say that, like electric pipe heaters, these items should have there oun dedicated plug that ISN'T gfi, or gfi rated for 30 miliamps?

[jtedesco1]

Jay: Here's some additional information


http://www.ul.com/regulators/ode/0201.pdf

http://www.nectec.or.th/courseware/e...its/qo_epd.pdf