{"id":6384,"date":"2024-08-23T23:51:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T23:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/?post_type=blog_post&p=6384"},"modified":"2025-01-22T10:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T18:32:05","slug":"hud-nspire-august-newsletter-nspire-standard-appeals-corrected-sample-size-chart-gfci-info","status":"publish","type":"blog_post","link":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/blog-post\/hud-nspire-august-newsletter-nspire-standard-appeals-corrected-sample-size-chart-gfci-info\/","title":{"rendered":"HUD NSPIRE August Newsletter: NSPIRE STANDARD: Appeals \u2013 Corrected Sample Size Chart \u2013 GFCI Info"},"content":{"rendered":"

August Newsletter:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Appeals \u2013 Corrected Sample Size Chart \u2013 GFCI Info<\/strong><\/h4>\n

August\u2019s Newsletter features a BRAND NEW, just-released by HUD, Technical Review guide to aid you in appealing your REAC score!\u00a0 Additionally, I added a few other updates: the corrected Sample Size Chart and extra GFCI information.<\/p>\n

New Technical Review Guide<\/u><\/strong>
\nClick here for the printable version in PDF format: NSPIRE Technical Review Guidance<\/a><\/p>\n

I won\u2019t copy the whole thing here, but the guide outlines what you can appeal and a step-by-step guide on how to submit the appeal in HUD\u2019s SalesForce online system.<\/p>\n

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Corrected Sample Size Chart<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

2025 update: HUD recently corrected an error in the Federal Register \u2013 this is the CORRECT Sample Size Chart<\/p>\n

Feel free to print this one out:<\/p>\n

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GFCI\u2019s \u2013 Specifically, \u201cUnprotected outlets within 6 feet of a water source\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

This deficiency will begin to get scored on October 1st<\/sup> \u2013 get ready!<\/p>\n

See my full Newsletter about this topic here: January 2024 Newsletter – All about GFCIs<\/a><\/p>\n

There has been A LOT of confusion on the duplex receptacle in laundry rooms that is used for the washing machine – does it need to be GFCI’d by HUD’s NSPIRE Standards?<\/p>\n

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First – HUD provides an exception that if the outlet receptacle is “dedicated” for a major appliance, it does NOT<\/u><\/strong> have to be GFCI’d – REGARDLESS OF IT’S DISTANCE FROM THE WATER SOURCE!
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\nThey did this because most of their housing portfolio is much older than 2014\u2026which is the year Code began requiring GFCI\u2019s in the Laundry Rooms.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, HUD used a crazy term that makes no sense in the electrical industry – the word “Dedicated Outlet.” There is no such thing as a “Dedicated Outlet” <\/strong>and the term “Dedicated Circuit” is considered a layman’s term for Individual Branch Circuit – which was actually HUD’s point they were trying to make.<\/p>\n

Additionally, HUD was way off the mark when they defined “Dedicated Outlet” as:<\/p>\n

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Many inspectors are taking this to mean that the outlet receptacle has to be a SINGLE receptacle and cannot be a DUPLEX! \u00a0This is incorrect.<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nDo NOT<\/u> swap out the duplex receptacle for a single receptacle because you could get hit with a code violation!!!!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEC 406.4(d) states that if you repair\/replace an outlet receptacle in a location that requires a GFCI\u2026you must UPGRADE that receptacle to a GFCI.<\/strong>\u00a0 You cannot swap a standard receptacle for another standard receptacle.<\/p>\n

Ryan Jackson (Ryan’s CV<\/a>) is a very well-respected expert in the electrical industry.\u00a0 He put up a fantastic video that explains everything I said above.\u00a0 I clipped out 3, 1-minute segments:
\nSegment #1: A duplex receptacle IS permitted on an individual branch circuit<\/a>
\nSegment #2: \u00a0Why you do NOT need a single receptacle and the word “dedicated”<\/a>
\nSegment #3: \u00a0Last bit on “dedicated” circuits<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s my point?
\nYou need to make a decision.
\nChoice #1: Just install the GFCI\u2019s for the washing machines in the laundry room and be done with it.
\nChoice #2: If installing GFCI\u2019s for the washing machines will be crazy expensive (e.g. Every unit has a laundry room) \u2013 you now have grounds to appeal\u2026as long as they are on individual branch circuits, of course.
\nTo subscribe to this free monthly newsletter and read newsletters you may have missed, click here: C4N6 Newsletter Registration and Archive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

August Newsletter: Appeals \u2013 Corrected Sample Size Chart \u2013 GFCI Info August\u2019s Newsletter features a BRAND NEW, just-released by HUD, Technical Review guide to aid you in appealing your REAC score!\u00a0 Additionally, I added a few other updates: the corrected Sample Size Chart and extra GFCI information. New Technical Review Guide Click here for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"blog-category":[130],"class_list":["post-6384","blog_post","type-blog_post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog-category-hud-assist"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_post\/6384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog_post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6384"},{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4n6.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-category?post=6384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}