| Gerald Newton 2008-03-27, 1:25 pm |
| The new definition of Vending Machines in 422.51 expands the meaning
to include some rather unusual machines. For instance the amusement
rides for children in shopping malls, massage chairs in malls, gaming
machines in theatres, and the gambling machines found in bars and in
Los Vegas are now vending machines.
The new sentence reads: The term vending machine means any self-
service device that dispenses products or merchandise without the
necessity of replenishing the device between each vending operation
and is designed to require insertion of a coin, paper currency, token,
card, key, or receipt of payment by other means.
The IAEI Analysis of Change Book describes children's amusement rides
at malls as an example. Evidently, the product dispensed is the
ride. The rule does require that only cord and plug connected vending
machines require GFCI protection.
The rule also is retroactive for older vending machines manufactured
prior to January 1, 2005. These existing machines will have to be
GFCI protected if the 2008 NEC is adopted.
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