Steve,
IN my view the requirements of 250.114 simple allow for the use of a listed double insulated appliances, motor-operated hand -held tools, stationary and fixed motor operated tools and os on as to not requiring an equipment grounding connection.
[FONT=Times-Roman]****[FONT=Times-Bold]250.114 Equipment Connected by Cord and Plug.
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Under any of the conditions described in (1) through (4),
exposed non
–current-carrying metal parts of cord-andplug-
connected equipment likely to become energized shall
be grounded.
*Exception: Listed tools, listed appliances, and listed equipment
*
covered in (2) through (4) shall not be required to be
grounded where protected by a system of double insulation
or its equivalent. Double insulated equipment shall be distinctively
marked.
(1) In hazardous (classi
fied) locations (see Articles 500
through 517)
(2) Where operated at over 150 volts to ground
*Exception No. 1: Motors, where guarded, shall not be required
*
to be grounded.
Exception No. 2: Metal frames of electrically heated appliances,
exempted by special permission, shall not be required
to be grounded, in which case the frames shall be
permanently and effectively insulated from ground.
(3) In residential occupancies:
a. Refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners
b. Clothes-washing, clothes-drying, dish-washing machines;
kitchen waste disposers; information technology[FONT=Times-Roman][size=2]
equipment; sump pumps and electrical
aquarium equipment
c. Hand-held motor-operated tools, stationary and
fi
xed motor-operated tools, light industrial motoroperated
tools
d. Motor-operated appliances of the following types:
hedge clippers, lawn mowers, snow blowers, and
wet scrubbers
e. Portable handlamps
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I don’t see where the NEC limits the acceptacles of a Fridge on a GFCI if the client so chooses…but it also states that if the above applies it does not need a ground as well. Either way in my mind they both comply.
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