GFCI within six feet of the sink — your fails

Under NSPIRE, outlets within six feet of a water source in the kitchen need GFCI protection, and it is one of the most common unit cites. The arguments start at the edges — how the six feet gets measured, and what happens with a receptacle behind the fridge. Post your fails and your fixes: test buttons, protected downstream outlets, all of it.

The six-foot rule sounds simple until you are standing in a galley kitchen with a tape measure and an inspector measuring differently than you do. The safest habit I know: protect everything anywhere near the water and never argue geometry over a part that costs less than the conversation. A GFCI receptacle or a protected downstream outlet ends the debate before it starts. How are your inspectors measuring the six feet — counter path, straight line, or through the sink — and have you ever won that argument?