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Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings by revelation on Friday April 22, 2016 @01:21PM (#11550755)
... why is there regulation for how many electrical outlets you have in the first place?
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Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings by JohnTHaller on Friday April 22, 2016 @01:25PM (#11550798)
To alleviate the need for extension cords which are a big cause of fires.

That said, 18" is absurd.

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Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings by sliverstorm on Friday April 22, 2016 @01:45PM (#11550957)
And outlet multipliers, which are good at putting more load than planned on the circuit.
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Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings by douche on Friday April 22, 2016 @01:47PM (#11550978)
Do they even let you put the old-style non-fused/breakered outlets in anymore?
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Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings by mvd366 on Friday April 22, 2016 @02:47PM (#11551594)
All countertop (small appliance) outlets are required to have GFCI protection and most places necessitate two separate 20A circuits for the space.
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Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings by devicenull on Friday April 22, 2016 @02:49PM (#11551618)
US outlets don't have any sort of fuse/breaker built in.
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Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings by unethical_ban on Friday April 22, 2016 @07:39PM (#11553314)
Some are GCFI which can detect abnormal current.
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Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings by mindslight on Saturday April 23, 2016 @01:39AM (#11554306)
GFCI, AFCI, and overcurrent protection are all orthogonal protections. US receptacles do not have overcurrent protection built in.
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Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings by mindslight on Saturday April 23, 2016 @01:44AM (#11554313)
I'm pro-autonomy and the NEC has recently jumped the shark (eg AFCI and "tamper resistant" receptacles), but most of its requirements are quite reasonable and written in blood.
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