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I was reading about pool pump motor circuits @ http://www.homewiringandmore.com . "If a receptacle serving a pool pump motor is installed, then you must install GFI protection either in the form of a breaker or a dead front non-receptacle style GFI protective device. NEC Article 680.22.A.5 and NEC Article 210.21.A. No duplex GFI receptacles may serve a pool pump motor due to the 50% load of a branch circuit being exceeded after the 125% is added to the motor full load current rating per NEC requiremnets. NEC Article 210.22.A.5" The start of the website states everything is according to the 2002 NEC. Well 210.22.A.5 isnt even in the code book and 210.21.A talks about lampholders. Is the author applying 210.23(A)(2)? If so I dont see how the 50% rule applies to a pool pump motor. The pool pump motor he used as an example is 120V, 1/2 h.p., 9 amp F.L.C. I see pool pump motors on a GFCI receptacle all the time. Is the author correct when he says this is a code violation? Thank-you. Brian.