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be provided with factory-installed ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel. The ground-fault circuit interrupter shall be an integral part of the attachment plug or shall be located in the supply cord within 300 mm (12 in.) of the attachment plug.

422.50 Cord-and-Plug-Connected Pipe Heating Assem- blies. Cord-and-plug-connected pipe heating assemblies intended to prevent freezing of piping shall be listed.

422.51 Cord-and-Plug-Connected Vending Machines. Cord-and-plug-connected vending machines manufactured or re-manufactured on or after January

1, 2005, shall include a ground-fault circuit interrupter as an integral part of the attachment plug or be located within 300 mm (12 in.) of the attachment plug. Older vending machines manufactured or remanufactured prior to January 1, 2005, shall be connected to a GFCI- protected outlet. For the purpose of this section, 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.

FPN: For further information, see ANSJ/UL 541-2005, Standard for Refrigerated Vending Machines, or ANSI/UL 751-2005, Standard for Vending Machines.

422.52 Electric Drinking Fountains. Electric drinking fountains shall be protected with ground-fault circuit- interrupter protection.

V. Marking

422.60 Nameplate.

(A) Nameplate Marking. Each electrical appliance shall be provided with a nameplate giving the identifying name and the rating in volts and amperes, or in volts and watts. If the appliance is to be used on a specific frequency or frequencies, it shall be so marked.

Where motor overload protection external to the appliance is required, the appliance shall be so marked.
FPN: See 422.11 for overcurrent protection requirements.

(B) To Be Visible. Marking shall be located so as to be visible or easily accessible after installation.

422.61 Marking of Heating Elements. All heating ele- ments that are rated over one ampere, replaceable in the field, and a part of an appliance shall be legibly marked with the ratings in volts and amperes, or in volts and watts, or with the manufacturer's part number.

422.62 Appliances Consisting of Motors and Other

Loads.

(A) Nameplate Horsepower Markings. Where a motor- operated appliance nameplate includes a horsepower rating, that rating shall not be less than the horsepower rating on the motor nameplate. Where an appliance consists of multiple motors, or one or more motors and other loads, the nameplate value shall not be less than the equivalent horsepower of the combined loads, calculated in accordance with 430.110(C)(1).

(B) Additional Nameplate Markings. Appliances, other than those factory-equipped with cords and attachment plugs and with nameplates in compliance with 422.60, shall be marked in accordance with 422.62(B)(1) or (B)(2).

(1) Marking. In addition to the marking required in

422.60, the marking on an appliance consisting of a
motor with other load(s) or motors with or without
other load(s) shall specify the minimum supply circuit
conductor ampacity and the maximum rating of the
circuit overcurrent protective device. This requirement
shall not apply to an appliance with a nameplate in
compliance with 422.60 where both the minimum
supply circuit conductor