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Old 01-31-2023, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by n8xwb View Post
I just read the previous reply -- I have no idea how accurate the information is. That being said, I do know that I installed an outlet on my post 5 years ago. It is curved. I have used it everyday, 24 hours a day to keep my PHEV (plug in hybrid electric vehicle), a Chevy Volt charged. It is handling 12 amps, rain or shine. It is on a circuit that also is used for the attic light and the garage door opener. It is not GFCI protected. I have had no problems with it. I live in a courtyard villa in Sabal Chase.
What I posted are NEC requirements, not an opinion of mine.

And to the other poster, there are absolutely parts of The Villages where post lamps are not GFCI protected. In fact when they were installed, it might not have been required by the NEC.