In the United States, are outdoor receptacles required to be GFCI receptacles? Or can they be non-GFCI receptacles but downstream from and protected by an indoor GFCI receptacle? This NEC draft says:
All 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacles installed…
[outdoors]… shall have ground-fault circuit interrupter protection for
personnel.
Does the word "have" in this context mean the outdoor receptacle itself must contain/provide its own GFCI protection or that it may receive protection and/or provide its own protection?
I don't have a copy of the current official NEC spec. Does that excerpt still apply now?
Best Answer
Any GFCI protection will do
When the code says something "shall have ground fault circuit interrupter protection for personnel", it does not care where that GFCI protection is provided -- at the outlet via a receptacle-type GFCI, upstream of the outlet using a receptacle or deadfront GFCI device, or via a GFCI branch or feeder breaker.