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Message: [QUOTE="Waterbug, post: 96165, member: 2322"] Gordy, My guess is there's been a miscommunication between you and the electrician that told you this. Section 210.8 doesn't say anything about every outlet being a GFI device, only that it be GFI protected. There could be another section, or maybe local code, that does define what you described but I'd be surprised because generally they're pretty good at keeping that kind of stuff together. I wouldn't be surprised if an inspector failed an installation that used a GFI device for every outlet. Part of the code says a GFI be able to be tested monthly. So making every outlet GFI would deter people from doing this since they would have to test 10 or 20 outlets instead of 2 or 3. The new 2011 code made this a bit more clear adding the GFI device must be "installed at a readily accessible place". So for protected outlets on say the roof you couldn't put a GFI device on the roof, it has to be upstream from that outlet where it can be gotten to easily. Your concern about wanting to see a GFI device in the outlet is understandable but handled with the stickers. It's easy enough to test the outlets yourself if you don't trust the stickers or apply stickers yourself. In new homes there aren't any GFI outlets because GFI breakers are used. So GFI outlets are kind of going away (maybe in 100 years). Ask another electrician and maybe they can bump our that earlier encounter. [/QUOTE]