CHARLIE'S QUOTE
"Let me add emphasis to the word "receptacle" in 210.11(C)(2). This article does not talk about how many outlets can be on a laundry-related circuit. It says that the circuit powering the laundry "receptacle outlet(s)" cannot have any other outlets.
I suspect that if you provide one 20 amp branch circuit to the laundry room, and put two duplex outlets on it, with the understanding that one will serve the washing machine and the other will serve a plug & cord connected "dryer booster fan," you will be within code. But as the fan under discussion in this thread is hard wired, it must be on a different circuit than the circuit supplying the laundry receptacle outlet(s)."
I need to learn how to do the quote box!
Anyway -
Our jurisdiction does not allow more than one duplex receptacle on the laundry room circuit. In your example, you state one duplex outlet just for the for the washing machine and a second duplex outlet for the dryer and/or plug & cord connected ?dryer booster fan?. Our interpretation is you have one single receptacle for the washing machine. The second receptacle outlet on the washing machine duplex outlet, by definition, is an outlet where receptacle(s) are installed. . An outlet, by definition, is a point of the on the wiring system at which current is taken to supply utilization equipment. And utilization equipment, by definition, could be anything electronic, heating, lighting, etc.
The point is by having the second receptacle outlet serving only the washing machine you are allowing any utilization equipment to be used on a laundry branch circuit.
Bottom line - We allow one duplex receptacle for both the washing machine and the gas dryer igniter, or two single receptacle outlets, one behind the washer for the washing machine and one behind the dryer for the gas dryer igniter.
Interesting how different areas see things differently??