Change Summary

• 680.22(A)(2) list item “(2) Employ a locking configuration”, has been deleted
• Removing this locking configuration from 680.22(A)(2) matches existing requirements of Other Receptacles, Location not less than 6 feet from pool in 680.22(A)(3)
• Single receptacles of the grounding type and provided with GFCI protection for personnel are now considered sufficient safety measures for these locations

Expert Analysis

For the 2011 NEC, in wiring permanently installed swimming pools, receptacles outlets located for water-pump motors or other loads directly related to pool circulation, that are located less than 6 feet from the inside walls of the pool are required to be single receptacles of the grounding-type, have GFCI protection for personnel and be of the locking type. For the 2014 NEC, these receptacles are no longer required to be of the locking type. A proposal noted that similar outlets located less than 6 feet from the pool did have the same requirements except they did not have a locking configuration. The submitter presented a question to Code Making Panel-17 asking why is a receptacle for a circulation or sanitation system required to have the restriction of a locking configuration. The panel accepted the recommendation. NEC Code Making Panels are not required to provide a response for a panel action of Accept.