Exam 21: Special-Purpose Outletsfood Waste Disposer, Dishwasher

Dishwashers and kitchen waste disposers may be connected to any of the required 20-ampere small-appliance branch circuits in the kitchen.

All motor-driven appliances must be provided with a means disconnecting the appliance from the ungrounded conductors. The branch-circuit breaker can serve as the disconnecting means if within sight of the appliance or capable of being ____________________.

Per the specifications, the branch-circuit conductors for food waste disposers and dishwashers are ____ AWG.

Small-appliance circuits are intended to serve countertops for cord-connected ____ appliances only.

The maximum flexible cord length permitted for a kitchen waste disposer is ____.

The Code Article that specifically addresses electrical appliances is ____________________.

Lock-off provisions for appliances must be permanently installed on the ____________________ or switch.

NEC 210.23(A)(2) limits cord-connected equipment to ____________________ percent of the branch-circuit ampere rating.

Portable dishwashers are supplied with a 3-wire cord and plug. If the 3-wire plug cap is plugged into a properly connected ____________________ receptacle, the dishwasher is adequately grounded.

A duplex grounding-type receptacle is usually installed in an accessible location under the sink for plugging in the dishwasher and food waste disposer, and it does not have to be ____ protected.

Because of the problem of people being scalded, many municipalities and states have implemented code requirements that water heater thermostats be set at not over 120 degrees F (49 degrees C).

A dual-element fuse sized at approximately 125% of the full-load current rating of the motor adds extra overcurrent protection to the overload protection built into a food-waste disposer.

Article ____, Part VI, covers equipment grounding and equipment grounding conductors.

When a food-waste disposer has an integral ON-OFF switch, an additional separately installed switch ____ required.

Explain why a 125-volt, 15- or 20-ampere receptacle installed in an under-cabinet space to supply a dishwasher and/or food-waste disposer is not required to have GFCI protection for personnel.

The two general methods of connecting food-waste disposers are hard-wired and ____________________.