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Receptacles Under the Kitchen Sink (in the cabinet) Measuring from the edge of the sink bowl, any receptacle within 6-feet of the sink edge needs to be GFCI protected, period. The code answers the question above with an easy to understand solution. But if you have a receptacle that is near the kitchen countertop but not quite over it, does it need GFCI protection? How about this next one…Īny Receptacle Within 6-feet of the Edge of a Sink This is straight-forward: this is an area where food-processing devices and water are present, so shock-protection is needed. In general, ask yourself if this area is a “wet” or “damp” area and you will find that GFCI protection is required.Īll receptacles located at a kitchen or wet-bar countertop require GFCI protection. For someone who doesn’t work with electricity every day or inspect houses for a living, this can be difficult to track, so we’ve written this article to help you find out where exactly you need a GFCI. But from the 1990’s, GFCI devices began to be required in many more areas, eventually being required basically anywhere water could be present. This GFCI is typically also found in the garage or laundry room area if you live in South Texas. In the 90’s, GFCI devices were required to protect the circuitry on the exterior of the structure. In the San Antonio, TX area, I’ve noticed that this was typically just one circuit that started from the garage subpanel (protecting the garage circuit) and then extending through each bathroom, so that if a ground-fault is detected at the master bathroom on the other side of house, you have to reset the GFCI in the garage.

For this reason, if your home was built after 1972 but before the 1990’s, it is likely that the only GFCI devices present are protecting the receptacle that is required to be present in every bathroom as well as the garage circuitry. By 1972 GFCIs began to be installed at bathroom and garage receptacle circuits, the first places they were required. Ground-Fault-Circuit-Interrupter (GFCI) devices were first invented in the 1950’s with the first commercially available devices being produced in the 1960’s.