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<blockquote data-quote="Marlow Wilson" data-source="post: 50165" data-attributes="member: 47">Re: General Electrical Questions...That&#039;s a pretty slick way of doing it!&nbsp; The other thing I have (though I rarely use it) is a heavy duty 20a GFCI cordset from a defective portable hottub.&nbsp; It&#039;s much better than the Home Depot type things I&#039;ve seen and let&#039;s me achieve the same thing of making non-GFCI power appropriate for outdoor use.&nbsp; That said, I still prefer the GFCI breakers, having been frustrated by some of the cheaper outlets and cordsets.&nbsp; The t-slot 20a GFCI outlets are now readily available and may be better than the older 15a ones.&nbsp; I know the two-pole GCFI breakers are falling out of favour for residential kitchens (due to cost) and the codes here allowing the 20a outlets instead now.*Edit*&nbsp; Maybe semantics, but it&#039;s worth pointing out that a non-GFCI outlet that you plug your GFCI cordset into may still be enough to make you non-compliant.&nbsp; The exception, I think, is to make anything non-GFCI a twistlock (or maybe powercon, but I haven&#039;t gone that route).&nbsp; This will be especially true if the distro is accesible AND outdoors.&nbsp; My experience is usually running power from inside to outside.&nbsp; In either case you&#039;re getting into somewhat murky interpretative aspects that will vary from place to place.&nbsp; My experience is that the variation between Quebec and Ontario (I live right on the border) is often greater than between Quebec many US states.&nbsp; Advice will be to talk to the inspector, who invariably won&#039;t have any really obvious guidance or even be easily reached. You might be better off calling a local generator company (maybe start with a local Sunbelt?) and find out what there experience is and what they have available to rent.&nbsp; Renting may be cheaper than trying to build something for a one-off.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marlow Wilson, post: 50165, member: 47"] Re: General Electrical Questions... That's a pretty slick way of doing it! The other thing I have (though I rarely use it) is a heavy duty 20a GFCI cordset from a defective portable hottub. It's much better than the Home Depot type things I've seen and let's me achieve the same thing of making non-GFCI power appropriate for outdoor use. That said, I still prefer the GFCI breakers, having been frustrated by some of the cheaper outlets and cordsets. The t-slot 20a GFCI outlets are now readily available and may be better than the older 15a ones. I know the two-pole GCFI breakers are falling out of favour for residential kitchens (due to cost) and the codes here allowing the 20a outlets instead now. *Edit* Maybe semantics, but it's worth pointing out that a non-GFCI outlet that you plug your GFCI cordset into may still be enough to make you non-compliant. The exception, I think, is to make anything non-GFCI a [B]twistlock[/B] (or maybe powercon, but I haven't gone that route). This will be especially true if the distro is accesible AND outdoors. My experience is usually running power from inside to outside. In either case you're getting into somewhat murky interpretative aspects that will vary from place to place. My experience is that the variation between Quebec and Ontario (I live right on the border) is often greater than between Quebec many US states. Advice will be to talk to the inspector, who invariably won't have any really obvious guidance or even be easily reached. You might be better off calling a local generator company (maybe start with a local Sunbelt?) and find out what there experience is and what they have available to rent. Renting may be cheaper than trying to build something for a one-off. [/QUOTE]

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