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Ecuadog 12-22-2022 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2168640)
I'll take a look at our breaker box in the garage. Will the GFCI breakers be marked vs the regular breakers?
This may help.

gbs317 12-22-2022 05:51 AM
I have a question… My lamppost doesn’t have any outlet on it. Was this standard in some villages and not in others?

La lamy 12-22-2022 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by gbs317 (Post 2168662)
I have a question… My lamppost doesn’t have any outlet on it. Was this standard in some villages and not in others?
I bet it's an age situation. I'm in the historic section and my house doesn't have one.

NoMo50 12-22-2022 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by gbs317 (Post 2168662)
I have a question… My lamppost doesn’t have any outlet on it. Was this standard in some villages and not in others?
At least in our area, south of SR-44, outlets on front yard lamp posts were not installed during new construction. I installed one on mine, and have done numerous others for neighbors. They come in quite handy. While I cannot speak for other areas, our lamp posts down here are wired to their own dedicated circuit in the panel. Nothing but the front yard lamp post on that 15A circuit.

wamley 12-22-2022 06:49 AM
My house was built in 2005 and does not have a GFI circuit attached to the light post. The only other outlet on the circuit is the garage door opener. Best if your concerned is to replace circuit breaker to a GFI breaker, but if you rely on getting into your house only by the garage door opening an activated GFI circuit breaker will lock you out.

Andyb 12-22-2022 07:24 AM
By code the outlet has to be GFI protected, probably a GFI breaker controlling the post.

gbs317 12-22-2022 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by La lamy (Post 2168666)
I bet it's an age situation. I'm in the historic section and my house doesn't have one.
I live south of SR44. Now I’m on a mission to see if I can spot them when golf carting around….lol

gbs317 12-22-2022 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by NoMo50 (Post 2168667)
At least in our area, south of SR-44, outlets on front yard lamp posts were not installed during new construction. I installed one on mine, and have done numerous others for neighbors. They come in quite handy. While I cannot speak for other areas, our lamp posts down here are wired to their own dedicated circuit in the panel. Nothing but the front yard lamp post on that 15A circuit.
I didn’t think about installing one myself so I went for the Narnia look and grew a bougainvillea around the lamppost, not one of my better ideas.

Bay Kid 12-22-2022 08:02 AM
My 2004 home the post and flood lights are connected to a inside GFI garage receptacle.

Dotneko 12-22-2022 08:17 AM
We are in St Cats south of 44. House almost 2 years old. There is a separate plug at base of light pole. No power to it though. We will investigate when we have time.

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Originally Posted by NoMo50 (Post 2168667)
At least in our area, south of SR-44, outlets on front yard lamp posts were not installed during new construction. I installed one on mine, and have done numerous others for neighbors. They come in quite handy. While I cannot speak for other areas, our lamp posts down here are wired to their own dedicated circuit in the panel. Nothing but the front yard lamp post on that 15A circuit.

Lisanp@aol.com 12-22-2022 08:35 AM
During my builder walk-through on new construction, I was told that any GFIs were on breakers, not outlet, and get reset at the panel.

villagetinker 12-22-2022 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2168640)
I'll take a look at our breaker box in the garage. Will the GFCI breakers be marked vs the regular breakers?
Yes, and they will have a white or yellow TEST button, same goes for the AFCI breakers. If you test one, you must fully move the breaker handle to the OFF position and then to the ON position to reset, the same as if it tripped for a fault.

Wondering 12-22-2022 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2168537)
Our front yard light post has an outlet in the post which is located about 3 feet off the ground level. Anyone know if our front yard light posts are connected to a GFI outlet? I checked the power to my light post early this morning when it was dark out by tripping both of the GFI outlets in my garage which turned off the power to those circuits. The post light still was lit up which tells me that the post light circuit is not on either one of the GFI outlets in my garage. To my knowledge I do not have any other GFI outlets anywhere in our home that can be tripped and reset.

So.......back to the original question: Are our light posts connected to a GFI outlet?

Thanks.
Check you electric box in the garage. You have to have GFI outlets in your kitchen and bathrooms - it's code.

vinnytalk 12-22-2022 09:19 AM
It seen like you answered it yourself

geobar 12-22-2022 09:39 AM
Call your Builder
or
The Villages Warranty department.

When we lived in the villages (2009-2020) we did not have an outlet, only a photocell to turn the post light off/on.
Think it was on its own circuit.


Quote:
Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2168537)
Our front yard light post has an outlet in the post which is located about 3 feet off the ground level. Anyone know if our front yard light posts are connected to a GFI outlet? I checked the power to my light post early this morning when it was dark out by tripping both of the GFI outlets in my garage which turned off the power to those circuits. The post light still was lit up which tells me that the post light circuit is not on either one of the GFI outlets in my garage. To my knowledge I do not have any other GFI outlets anywhere in our home that can be tripped and reset.

So.......back to the original question: Are our light posts connected to a GFI outlet?

Thanks.


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