jason sleeth
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The 08 seems to be vague and I think this could go either way but I believe they are not required in dinnettes in the kitchen. What are your thoughts
Are arc faults required in areas similar to dining rooms? There's another answer. :roll:
The 08 seems to be vague and I think this could go either way but I believe they are not required in dinnettes in the kitchen. What are your thoughts
You can put a table in the kitchen, it's still a kitchen. No AFCI required.
This is how these things go off kilter. The tendency seems to be to look right past the obvious.
It will not be that simple if the rooms/areas are named on stamped project drawings :roll:...then I would call it a kitchen nook or alcove, and leave the word segment "dine" far away from it.
It will not be that simple if the rooms/areas are named on stamped project drawings :roll:
Sorta depends on whose stamp is on the plansYou can call a room a storage room on plans and finish it as a dining room just off the kitchen. What is it now? Had this happen to me and DOI in their infinite wisdom sight unseen called it a storage room. No convenience outlets required.
My kitchen and family room occupy the same space. no partitions same floor. When I moved in I included the family room into the kitchen with a table and relocated my cable tv to the living room . Would you call this blended area a kitchen ? if you walked in im sure most people would think so. What i think the code was looking for that was not to be included on the afci was the kitchen counter top recepticals and the appliance circuits they did make it a little fuzzy.
I had a local county inspector tell me he would require arc fault protection for the kitchen lights. He stated that the code officials for North Carolina require it and told the inspectors at a meeting that it is the states interpretation of the code. I told him I thought he was wrong, but he said he would not final job if I did not do it. I said that the code excludes kitchens, baths, laundry rooms, garages, and he said they only meant the receptacles in those areas