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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I know that the courtyard villas south of 466a have a wall receptacle in the garage that has a gfci device with a push button reset, and the same circuit feeds the lamp post. Unless you are certain, you may want to check your garage wall receptacles. If you don't have the same arrangement, you have an unprotected lamp post, regardless of whether or not you install a receptacle on the post, unless you add some type of gfci device on that circuit. So, a short in the wiring to the lamp could cause a safety problem, even without a receptacle.
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I live south of 466A (Lake Deaton). The lamp posts in this area have a dedicated, non GFCI breaker. This circuit has nothing to do with the garage outlets, and only controls the lamp post. The garage outlets are on GFCI's, in fact the breaker panel labels indicate this fact. The receptacle box I installed on the lamp post is an outdoor rated box, and GFCI receptacle. In addition, I also installed an In-Use cover. For those not familiar, a quick Google search will show it. I don't have an unprotected circuit, hence the GFCI receptacle I placed on the post. Bottom line, is that if you do it yourself make darn sure you know what you're doing. In the case of a few neighbors who had another neighbor install a non- GFCI receptacle on their posts to save a few bucks on an electrician, hopefully they'll never be plugging in holiday lights, or a vacuum in a wet weather or other situation which could cause a shock.