| Installation of laundry GFCI receptacles and GFCI | | | | requirement - your washer or dryer might need |
| protection for utility / wet bar sink areas where | | | | more current than the extension cord can carry, |
| the electrical outlets are installed within 6ft from | | | | which condition could overheat the cord and |
| the outside edge of the sink is required by the | | | | create a fire. |
| 2008 NEC (National Electrical Code). | | | | - If you have a sink in a laundry room and its |
| GFCI - (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) | | | | outside edge is within 6" from any receptacle in |
| Remember to always upgrade to the latest code | | | | this room - that receptacle must be GFCI |
| requirement, if making any modifications of an | | | | protected. |
| older electrical installation (i.e. if replacing and old, | | | | Receptacles installed in a laundry room without the |
| regular / not GFCI type electrical outlet in the | | | | sink do not require GFCI protection. |
| area where GFCI is currently required, make your | | | | Utility area: |
| life safer - install GFCI receptacle). | | | | If you have a sink there, any receptacle outlet |
| Laundry room: You should have a minimum of | | | | within 6ft from the sink outside edge must be |
| one dedicated 20-amper rated branch circuit | | | | GFCI protected |
| supplying power to the laundry room outlet(s). | | | | Wet bar sink: |
| Dedicated means that there should be no other | | | | It doesn't matter where the sink is (basement, |
| receptacle outlets supplied by the same circuit | | | | bedroom, living room, etc.) if you have an |
| (for ironing, switched lighting in the laundry room, | | | | electrical outlet within 6ft from the wet bar sink |
| or other rooms) | | | | outside edge, it must be GFCI protected. |
| - Laundry equipment outlet should be located | | | | Washing machine installed in an unfinished |
| within 6ft from the appliances. This is very | | | | basement area without a sink requires GFCI |
| important, so you are not going to use any | | | | protection (to comply with an unfinished |
| extension cords for that purpose. Extension cords | | | | basement outlet GFCI protection requirement). |
| might have lower ratings than the appliance | | | | |