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Water Hookup Complete

October 21, 2005


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Well, despite my plans to the contrary, I finished up the water line install last night. Now there is a nice tap located behind the fridge, waiting for the new one to arrive. (Note to self: call to confirm delivery date)

After some discussion with , I think that a GFCI may need to be installed behind the fridge. I’m really not sure about this, though… I know that GFCIs are needed within X feet of water outlets, but I’m not sure about a connection which doesn’t dispense water freely. I need to look into this. I *think* that a fridge doesn’t require a GFCI because it’s on a separate circuit and the outlet isn’t considered ‘couter top’, but I need to look into this more.

Bah. I’m sleepy. I also need to head over to Moosejaw over in Birmingham (uggh) at lunch in order to pick up a backpack. See, I had ordered the fleece for my new jacket from a place called Paragon Sports on Monday, only to have them cancel the order last night due to not having it in stock. I ran over to the Moosejaw store right by work and picked up the fleece (I think it looks really good on me — the collar is grand.) but they were out of the backpack. Uggh. I don’t like shopping for such things. Hopefully these things will last for years and years so that I won’t have to go through this all any time soon. That’s what I’m planning on, at least.

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4 Responses

  1. gwyrah October 21, 2005

    I don’t think it’s required because it will be difficult to get to that plug when the refrigerator is in place. http://www.ecmweb.com/mag/electric_code_basics_3/

    1. c0nsumer October 21, 2005

      After doing some reading that’s the conclusion I came to as well. :) Well, one less thing to do before it get delivered, I guess. I just hope the water line fits nicely behind the fridge…

  2. jerronimo October 21, 2005

    you might want to check your local/county/state code as well.

    I had thought it was a flat-out, “within 6 feet” rule. my bad.

    1. c0nsumer October 21, 2005

      Yeah, true… Also, I *think* the two outlets on each side of my stove are supposed to be GFCI protected — and they aren’t. However, they may be grandfathered in… Guh. If only these things were published online!

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