Re: Outlet within 7ft of A/C unit?
Originally posted by mdshunk:
Thankfully, many of the rooftop a/c people are putting the service receptacles factory installed in their units.
Watch out on that one for few reasons.
210.63 requires the outlet to be a 125-volt, single-phase, 15- or 20-ampere-rated receptacle outlet.
Many times the factory outlet is not fused that high. It is there primarily for programing and testing equipment. Powered from a small transformer with 5 to 10 amp OCP.
210.63 requires that the receptacle outlet shall not be connected to the load side of the equipment disconnecting means.
Many times the factory outlet ends up on the load side of the disconnecting means.
And finally 210.8(B)(2) requires it to be GFCI protected, I have seen the factory outlets come either way.
When we pull roof top feeders we automatically pull a 120 volt circuit with it.